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For my blog, I decided I wanted to focus on something relevant and familiar to most people. Further, I wanted to enhance the reader's knowledge on this topic and present them with the information in a narrative, more simple tone than if they were to read a scientific or heavily researched source. I began my blog using a sentence I feel as though many people can relate to it. I talk about pandemics in general and how the normal trend is that we as humans eventually grow immune to them. New illnesses are going to keep popping up. COVID will not be the world’s last pandemic. However, responses and actions people take when these things happen is the most important way to keep the world healthy. I then introduce different responses that are being used today. I feel as though many people think this is the very first time the government has had to go to such drastic measures of quarantining and business shutdowns to keep their people safe. This is not the case.  In this blog, I wanted to ...

Although the end of the Coronavirus feels as though it may never arrive, all pandemics will eventually come to an end. Past pandemics eventually subsided and have become illnesses like any other. Pandemics, in many ways are inevitable. They are not a matter of if, but a matter of when. Our response to these natural occurrences ultimately makes the biggest difference.  Quarantine, self-isolation, limited public gatherings, excessive uses of disinfectants, and the constant reminders to wash your hands, wear a mask and cover your mouth were all foreign concepts to the world at the start of 2020. Although actions in response to the pandemic currently being promoted by authorities such as the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), the World Health Organization (WHO),  and the United States Government seem drastic and otherworldly, it is not the first time such measures have had to be taken. In fact, these same practices were being enforced over 100 years ago.  The 1...