Covid 19 final

2 Written Pages – minimum 500 words; minimum 5 reliable scientific sources (list the website addresses)
There must be complete sentences, correct punctuation, no incorrect spaces, correct spelling and grammar. You can not quote. Make sure you are using your course Notebook and reliable scientific sources as a means to support the synthesis of your own writing. You will lose 1 point for every one of the previous stated mistakes. And you certainly can state your own personal opinion in this essay as long as you can back up your personal opinion with a reliable scientific source. If you make claims that are untrue and based in misinformation, you will automatically lose 5 points for each instance. Make sure you are formulating a theme for each paragraph and supporting that idea. I suggest you write a paragraph for each question with an introduction, then supporting information, then a conclusion. In addition, I suggest you have an introduction paragraph to this final essay to introduce the ideas you need to write about. And you also need to have a conclusion paragraph that pulls together all of the information in this essay and where you have a conclusion to this class in regard to this Final Exam Assignment. You have learned a lot this semester and this is your chance to show off what you have learned, including basing scientific information in reliable facts. I know you can write a great essay here, so please do not disappoint working to your potential!!
You must cite at least 5 reliable scientific sources. (EX: https://jamanetwork.com/, (Links to an external site.) https://www.sciencedirect.com/ (Links to an external site.), academic.oup.com (Links to an external site.), National Geographic, PBS, Discovery, Smithsonian, New Scientist, Nature, Scientific American, Science Daily, New Science, The Guardian, Science News, Biology News, Popular Science, The New York Times Science Section, The Scientist). Do not us a .com unless it is a peer-reviewed biology journal like the ones I have listed here. Create a list of the website addresses call Reliable Scientific Sources. This list does not count toward your overall word count.
Answer the following questions/topics in a well-thought out, well-organized essay in summation of all you have learned this semester in the context of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Reflect on the characteristics of population growth from Population Ecology and apply what you have learned to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus through the human population. What type of growth curve has been shown. Explain why.
Compare the survival rates in COVID-19 to the death rates of the populations of vaccinated versus unvaccinated and highlight the reasons for the differences.
Explain how and why it would be beneficial for everyone to get vaccinated except for those for high risk for serious medical illness.
What are the most efficient ways to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus?
As the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to infect people, this promotes the mutations or variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. ‘Variants of Concern’ have emerged. What characteristics categorize a virus as a ‘variant of concern’?
What is long covid, what are the symptoms, and how long do symptoms last? As the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to spread, explain in terms of the systems that we studied this semester if there should be concern for the health of the human population.
Explain the biggest misconception you learned this semester.