We are particularly interested in what percentage of COVID-19 cases are clustered in highly dense populations and lower-incomes—compared to less dense areas and higher-income groups. This initial data...

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COVID-19
13/11/2020
Question 1
Knowing that population density and poverty positively co
elate with COVID-19 cases, what are steps that society or the government can take to prevent these disparities?
The society or the government can take the following steps to prevent the disparities a
iving from the positive co
elation between population density and poverty with the COVID-19 cases:
· prevention of the emergence or release of pathogens
· early detection and reporting for epidemics of potential international concern
· rapid response to and mitigation of the spread of an epidemic
· sufficient and robust health system to treat the sick and protect health workers
· commitments to improving national capacity, financing plans to address gaps, and adhering to global norms
· containment measures such as a combination of school closures, workplace closures, cancellation of public events, restrictions on size of gatherings, closures of public transport, stay-at-home orders, restrictions on internal movement, restrictions on international travel
Question 2
If population density does not aggravate the conception of COVID-19, how does the early intervention of crisis flatten the curve?
In certain countries – even more especially in places with substantive universal healthcare structures such as the NHS – there is also a default posture of refusing admission and encouraging immediate discharge of patients. It is also a required stance to take as the pressures on us rise. The mentality of preventing admissions needs to be offset in cu
ent times with this new enemy by the understanding of the value of early detection with this new epidemic.
An overloaded health care sector is doing badly, largely due to the lack of the normal checks and balances that keep patients from worsening in the population, presenting late and then demanding extraordinary steps to give them a combat opportunity. If the curve has been flattened and the contingencies have opened up some space, if we have dampened the wave, then it would be prudent to use such a resource to proactively classify and periodically review patients at risk, while retaining a lower admission threshold than we are perhaps used to. Early action is expected to allow less use of money and save more lives.
The option is to encourage patients to self-regulate. If the patient at home has a medical degree and an oxygen saturation metre, they are not in a position to decide whether the ‘stay at home’ mantra that has engulfed most of the world should be lifted. Perhaps people should use their normal non-pandemic) decision to decide when to seek medical care, without such pressure to sit at home. They are also disadvantaged by the absence of actual physical interaction with their doctor in the neighbourhood. Again, deciding the health condition of a patient over the internet, for an illness that we have never encountered before, demands a number of doctors as well as patients.
Question 3
How accurate can reporting be in lower-income communities if they have less access to medical care and are less likely to be tested for the novel...