Research Journal

SOURCE 1

CITATION: Epidemics. ProQuest, Ann Arbor, 2020. sirsissuesresearcher, https://explore-proquest-

com.libprox1.slcc.edu/sirsissuesresearcher/document/2257695817?accountid=28671.

SUMMARY: A explanation of epidemic terms describing what the differences are between and epidemic
and a pandemic. This source has a timeline for other viral threats. It talks about how there are differing
views about the global health community’s effectiveness, with links to other articles depending on what
viewpoints you want to follow.

ANALYSIS: This is not a full article; It does have a viral timeline of other epidemics.

RESPONSE: I was disappointed that it didn’t have more content. I did like that it had a simple timeline,
and it shows options for differing viewpoints – this could be helpful later.

SOURCE 2

CITATION: Kupferschmidt, Kai, and Jon Cohen. “China's Aggressive Measures Have Slowed the
Coronavirus. They May Not Work in Other Countries.” Science, 4 Mar. 2020,
www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/china-s-aggressive-measures-have-slowed-coronavirus-they-may-
not-work-other-countries#.

SUMMARY: The article talks about how China has handled the virus outbreak by doing lockdowns and
raises questions about what will happen when China lifts their social restrictions. It talks about how the
virus was traced to its origin, and what the symptom data sets looked like. The article talked about how
they traced its citizens travel and social contact with one another by using phone apps.

ANALYSIS: This article may be good for research on how it started or what China did to combat this
virus. It will be a good place to go back to once more data starts pouring in on if the virus is a shredding
one, and if it comes back.
RESPONSE: I liked the article, and I will most likely come back to it for if anything to research other
topics or keywords it might supply later.

SOURCE 3

CITATION: McNeil, Donald G. “Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data
Suggest.” The New York Times, 30 Mar. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/health/coronavirus-
restrictions-fevers.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage.

SUMMARY: By tracking fevers and hospital admittance through an internet-based thermometer the
company Kinsa Health has demonstrated a decrease in possible COVID-19 cases this was attributed to the
social restrictions seems to indicate that the social distancing was working.

ANALYSIS: This article only accounts for fever rates, but it does confirm that by using social distancing
fever rates are dropping – so it might be a good article for an overall look at health.

RESPONSE: While this is a cool article, by the end of it I wasn’t sure if it was a product endorsement. I
think it could come in handy because a main symptom of the COVID-19 is fever, though the data would
collect any sort of fever no matter what the cause, so the article wasn’t as helpful as I initially thought it
would be. I will check it out again though at a later date, but without correlation with actual COVID-19
positive test results it makes this article less helpful, and more skewed.

SOURCE 4

CITATION: J Rocklöv, PhD, H Sjödin, PhD, High population densities catalyze the spread of COVID-
19, Journal of Travel Medicine, , taaa038, https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaa038

SUMMARY: Mathematical explanation of transmission and contact rates depending on how dense
person to person contact is. This article explains why you can have the same amount of cases from a
cruise ship vs. a densely populated city.

ANALYSIS: This article would give me information on the numbers, and from this I could back up why
social distancing works.
RESPONSE: I don’t know if I want to add mathematics to my paper, but I could simplify the information
if I still want to use information from this article.

SOURCE 5

CITATION: Jenco, Melissa. “Young People Play Vital Role in Stopping Spread of COVID-19.” AAP
News & Journals Gateway, 19 Mar. 2020,
www.aappublications.org/news/2020/03/19/coronavirus031920.

SUMMARY: This article talks about how the youth have an important role to play to keep everyone safe
by not going out. This article talks about the different illness hospitalization and death rates for each of
the age groups

ANALYSIS: This was a shorter article, but it had substance.

RESPONSE: If I go with the research question about the different age groups and their attitude towards
social distancing, this article might be a useful source.

SOURCE 6

CITATION: Maragakis, Lisa Lockerd. “Coronavirus and COVID-19: Younger Adults Are at Risk,
Too.” Johns Hopkins Medicine, www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-
diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-and-covid-19-younger-adults-are-at-risk-too.

SUMMARY: Lisa explains that now that the virus has spread to other parts of the world, they are not
seeing younger people being affected more severely than what was previously reported from China.

In the article “Coronavirus and COVID-19: Younger Adults Are at Risk, Too” Dr. Lisa Maragakis a
senior director of infection prevention at Johns Hopkins explained that early information about COVID-
19 coming out of China was that older people and those with underlying health conditions were mostly
being effected. She then goes on to say that since the COVID-19 virus has spread throughout the world
many officials are seeing a trend that younger people are getting COVID-19 and are needing
“hospitalization, and even intensive care”. Then the article moves on to answer questions about whether
those who vape are more at risk and Dr. Michael Blaha said “It’s reasonable to conclude that there could
be a connection”, and that there still needs to be further testing before they can say one way or the other.
The article then concludes with reiterating that young people are being affected and that in order to
protect themselves they should follow the CDC’s guidelines.

ANALYSIS: This is a good article explaining the statistics from the CDC in understandable language.

RESPONSE: If I go with the question about age groups, this might be a good source for information.

SOURCE 7

CITATION: Holder, Sarah. “No, Coronavirus Is Not ‘Just Killing Old People.’” City Lab, Bloomberg, 20
Mar. 2020, www.citylab.com/equity/2020/03/coronavirus-vunerable-elderly-adults-ageism-younger-
people/608224/.

SUMMARY: Sarah Holder interviewed the author Louise Aronson, who wrote the book Elderhood:
Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life. During the interview they talked about why
younger people act the way they do, and what the idea of being old looks like to them. They discuss some
reasons why the youth didn’t take the pandemic seriously, and what needed to change and how it needed
to change, and also talked about the numbers associated with age and dying.

ANALYSIS: From a psychological mental viewpoint it explains why American don’t believe someone is
old, and who to them counts as being old,

RESPONSE: This would also be a good article if I go with the research topic of age and the COVID-19
virus. Even if I were to change it to miss information about the COVID-19 threat it could still work as a
good article.

SOURCE 8
CITATION: Peepas, Jennifer. “‘Do This for Me’: How to Convince Older Loved Ones to Socially
Distance.” Vox, 18 Mar. 2020, www.vox.com/first-person/2020/3/18/21185117/coronavirus-covid-19-
social-distancing-old-people-parents.

SUMMARY: The article talks about how the older generation has gotten misinformation about COVID-
19 or just don’t think they are in the at-risk group, so they are having a hard time practicing social
distancing. This article talks about some facts and way you could talk to your older family members to
persuade them to stay inside and away from other people.

ANALYSIS: The article started out strong for me, but when it got to the steps on how to talk to the older
generations (your parents) the article lost momentum for me.

RESPONSE: I still think this article could be used as a viewpoint source for my research.

SOURCE 9

CITATION: “US: Address Impact of Covid-19 on Poor.” Human Rights Watch, 19 Mar. 2020,
www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/19/us-address-impact-covid-19-poor.

SUMMARY: Human Rights Watch wrote an article talking about how the poor will be mostly affected
both financially and medically because they don’t have the luxury of staying at home due to the types of
jobs, they work or other circumstances.

ANALYSIS: This is a good starting point for research on poverty and social distancing.

RESPONSE: While not entirely what I’m looking for, it is still a good article, and I might come back to it
later.

SOURCE 10
CITATION: Reeves, Richard V., and Jonathan Rothwell. “Class and COVID: How the Less Affluent
Face Double Risks.” Brookings, 27 Mar. 2020, www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/03/27/class-and-
covid-how-the-less-affluent-face-double-risks/.
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RESPONSE:

https://time.com/5793806/wealthy-rich-people-coronavirus/

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/05/opinions/coronavirus-wealthy-false-security-vicky-ward-
opinion/index.html

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)30571-8/fulltext

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