Globalization

& COVID-19
KYLA MARIE A. AGAPITO
Contents to be The relevance of Globalization and the
spread of COVID-19 in the world
discussed
SPECIFICALLY:

1 Impact of China's silence on COVID-19

launch in December 2019
2 Relation of human activities to the spread of
infectious disease
3 How the disease has plagued European
countries particularly Italy and the United
4 Kingdom
The relevance of COVID-19 Vaccine to
Globalization and how it will affect the
Philippines
 X
1
Impact of China's silence on COVID-19 launch
in December 2019
Impact of China's silence on
COVID-19 launch in December
2019
Six-day delay warning
1
over pandemic outbreak
Experts say that the Chinese government may have waited
almost a week on warning the public to stave off hysteria,
and that it did act quickly in private during that time. The
National Center for Disease Control did not register any
cases from local officials. Yet during that time, hundreds of
patients were appearing in hospitals across the country.

https://apnews.com/article/68a9e1b91de4ffc166acd6012d82c2f9
 “If they took action six days earlier, there would have been
much fewer patients and medical facilities would have been
sufficient. We might have avoided the collapse of Wuhan’s
medical system.” said Zuo-Feng Zhang, an epidemiologist
at the University of California, Los Angeles.

It is vague if whether or not the local and national officials

failed to report these cases. These officials aren't sure if
they knew at the time in Wuhan, which only opened back
up last week with restrictions after its quarantine.

https://apnews.com/article/68a9e1b91de4ffc166acd6012d82c2f9
Impact of China's silence on
COVID-19 launch in December
2019

2 Death of Dr. Li
Wenliang
Dr. Li Wenliang was exonerated by China, who was officially
reprimanded for warning about the coronavirus outbreak. He later
died of the disease, and it left people with anger over at the
Communist Party’s way of ruling over information. There have
been complaints that officials lie about or hide disease outbreaks,
industrial accidents, while punishing whistleblowers and
independent journalists.
https://apnews.com/article/6f2e666485e9abae4bb112251eca77be
Impact of China's silence on
COVID-19 launch in December
2019

3 Competition against
Between U.S.
the United States and China is a tension that has
been escalating over the years, and even more so since the
awful occurance of Covid-19. If this pandemic sustains,
China's more effective public health response and
economic restart will polish its leadership credentials in
the field of global development.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590051X20300095
 China is well known being one of the successful
economical countries, and still developing even before
since the outbreak started.

If we view how China handled the pandemic, we could say

they took advantage on improving the development of their
country. Comparing the number of current cases and how
they handled the pandemic between the United States and
China, we can say that the Chinese successfully took
advantage the pandemic and made countries trust them, in
terms of donating medical equipment.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590051X20300095
 Impact of China's silence on COVID-19 launch in
December 2019
CAUSE
Withholding crucial information and
silencing doctors about the pandemic
outbreak
The local and national officials of China delaying
of releasing information throughout its own
country and the world and having it's own doctors
silenced for spreading a warning for the pandemic,
are one of the reasons of China's silence of Covid-
19 outbreak.
EFFECT
Worldwide spread of Covid-19, but it made
an economical development of China
The effect of the withholding crucial information about the Covid-19
virus made it spread around the entire world. Without having enough
action at the start of the outbreak, it made people not taking it seriously
and made the amount of it's cases higher. On the other hand, China's
economic development has been improving since they are one of few
countries that successfully eliminated the number of cases in their
country. They took advantage on some of the country's situation on the
pandemic, such as distributing free medical equipment, to gain their trust
and make economical improvements in their country.
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2
Relation of human activities to the spread of
infectious disease
Relation of human activities to the
spread of infectious disease

1 No work, no pay
Manual labor requires many workers to have an
efficient working pace, and these workers need to be
present at the site they are working in. But times have
changed, and the current pandemic has made the
worker's situation worse.

https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/4/18/lawmaker-COVID-19-testing-no-work-no-pay-workers.html?
fbclid=IwAR1R5Bo6VHP2qd3Bd6JYPXLh8WHEulZ1_Y6qtmtI5YxLQAot5yMi0O6rPyU
 Covid-19 can spread like wildfire when people don't
observe proper hygiene and social distancing. That's
why local officials and companies avoids mass
gatherings of their employees, such as some having to
work at home and make their salary at ease.

Albeit, not every worker can work at home.

Specifically, labor workers and non-regular workers
need to go outside and work. Even though it is clearly
risky having to work with close contact with people,
they work for the sake of their family and make a living
out of it.

https://apnews.com/article/68a9e1b91de4ffc166acd6012d82c2f9
Relation of human activities to the
spread of infectious disease

2 Riot at the
capitol
Trump's loss at the Presidential election caused a spark on his
supporters to riot at the U.S. capitol. This is a perfect example
of what NOT to do at a pandemic. People are chanting,
cheering without wearing a mask, and being packed in close
quarters. Because of the riot, not only did some of the people
rioted tested positive, but also the United States lawmakers as
well.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/19/22239408/capitol-riot-covid-cases-
superspreader-arrests
 Relation of human activities to the spread of
infectious disease

CAUSE
Going outside working to make living
and having mass gatherings at the
capitol
Labor and non-regular workers have a reasonable
intention as to why they go out and work in this
pandemic: it's for them to make a living and feed
their family. As for people like the Trump supporters
that rioted in the capitol, they rioted without masks,
and thousands upon thousands of people were in very
close proximity at the riot.
EFFECT
Exposure to the disease and increased rate
of chance of getting the infectious disease
Going outside to work and having mass gatherings at close proximity have
their own consequence of increased chance of getting the virus. Since the
spreading of the virus works when people are not following the proper
Covid-19 guidelines and people are in close proximity, their chance of
getting the said virus is increased.
Globalization is also a factor on this, as it demands labor workers for the
companies to function. Although the pandemic has made companies to
reduce workers, thus increasing the global unemployment, which affects both
developed and developing countries all around the world.
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3
How the disease has plagued European countries particularly Italy
and the United Kingdom
How the disease has plagued
European countries particularly in
Italy

1 Most Covid-19 deaths in

Europe
As of December 2020, it has been a whole year since Covid-
19's launch. Italy became the most Covid-19 deaths in
Europe. Despite being second in the world having the oldest
population, their healthcare system failed the elderly, since
there was a whopping 993 deaths in one day, much higher
than the European average.
https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-europe-italy-coronavirus-pandemic-france-
7594be9ff72658f7c49d9312609e8c34
 Covid-19 can spread like wildfire when people don't
observe proper hygiene and social distancing. That's
why local officials and companies avoids mass
gatherings of their employees, such as some having to
work at home and make their salary at ease.

Albeit, not every worker can work at home.

Specifically, labor workers and non-regular workers
need to go outside and work. Even though it is clearly
risky having to work with close contact with people,
they work for the sake of their family and make a living
out of it.

https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-europe-italy-health-coronavirus-pandemic-
f71955b0327aa9f7a0c2e44b9f485475
How the disease has plagued
European countries particularly in
the United Kingdom

2 Competition against
Between U.S.
the United States and China is a tension that has
been escalating over the years, and even more so since the
awful occurance of Covid-19. If this pandemic sustains,
China's more effective public health response and
economic restart will polish its leadership credentials in
the field of global development.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590051X20300095
 How the disease has plagued European countries particularly Italy
and the United Kingdom
CAUSE
Withholding crucial information and
silencing doctors about the pandemic
outbreak
The local and national officials of China delaying
of releasing information throughout its own
country and the world and having it's own doctors
silenced for spreading a warning for the pandemic,
are one of the reasons of China's silence of Covid-
19 outbreak.
EFFECT
Worldwide spread of Covid-19, but it made
an economical development of China
The effect of the withholding crucial information about the Covid-19 virus
made it spread around the entire world. Without having enough action at the
start of the outbreak, it made people not taking it seriously and made the
amount of it's cases higher.
On the other hand, China's economic development has been improving since
they are one of few countries that successfully eliminated the number of
cases in their country. They took advantage on some of the country's situation
on the pandemic, such as distributing free medical equipment, to gain their
trust and make economical improvements in their country.
 X
4
The relevance of COVID-19 vaccine to Globalization and how it
will affect the Philippines
The relevance of COVID-19 vaccine to
Globalization and how it will affect the
Philippines

1 Competition against
Between U.S.
the United States and China is a tension that has
been escalating over the years, and even more so since the
awful occurance of Covid-19. If this pandemic sustains,
China's more effective public health response and
economic restart will polish its leadership credentials in
the field of global development.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590051X20300095
 The relevance of COVID-19 vaccine to Globalization and how it
will affect the Philippines

CAUSE
Withholding crucial information and
silencing doctors about the pandemic
outbreak
The local and national officials of China delaying
of releasing information throughout its own
country and the world and having it's own doctors
silenced for spreading a warning for the pandemic,
are one of the reasons of China's silence of Covid-
19 outbreak.
EFFECT
Worldwide spread of Covid-19, but it made
an economical development of China
The effect of the withholding crucial information about the Covid-19
virus made it spread around the entire world. Without having enough
action at the start of the outbreak, it made people not taking it seriously
and made the amount of it's cases higher. On the other hand, China's
economic development has been improving since they are one of few
countries that successfully eliminated the number of cases in their
country. They took advantage on some of the country's situation on the
pandemic, such as distributing free medical equipment, to gain their trust
and make economical improvements in their country.