How COVID 19 impacts social justice

Listen to the 16th episode of “This Podcast Will Kill You”s pandemic series (https://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/category/covid-19/). Identify three main points from the episode and write a short paragraph about each. This can include a summary of the topic, your opinions, or questions you have.

The first main point from the history Diphtheria Membrane was that the name derives from the Latin name for leather in the 1900’s for the leather membrane. Secondly, this disease is synonymous for sore throat. However the disease is charactered by ulcers in throat resulting in suffocation. I also found it interesting that the epidemic disease was not mentioned form 1000 years. Emerged in 1735 throughout the Europe by the thick greyish membrane covering their throats. Even if they survive, people could still die. This disease was heavily infectious with children, similar to chicken pox. In Kingston, New Hampshire, 33% of the children died from this disease. Many puritan ministers believe that they brought the disease by straying too far from the biblical path. After 1735, outbreaks appear every 25 years. By the mid-1800s it become much more prominent. In 1857, New York reported that the case fatality rate was 47% near the bubonic plague level. At this time there was no treatment and therefore died a slow, painful death. Germ theory was developed by the mid 1800’s due to Diphtheria (Agyeman, 2002).

Part 3 – Required – 5 pts

Find an article (or two) online about a disparity/social justice issue that relates to CoVid-19 that YOU care about. This could be healthcare access, job loss, schooling, child care support, finance, etc. Write 2 short paragraphs summarizing the article, including your opinions, your questions, and any solutions or recommendations that you may have. Please include the link to the article(s) that you use for information

Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2020.583638/full