Assignment for week of april 13th

*Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction, CNN 

This podcast is called Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction, CNN hosted by CNN chief medical correspondent DR. Sanjay Gupta. This podcast consists of multiple ways to explain the coronavirus. Starting with How to Help, most people do not realize there are multiple ways to help people that are infected. Not only people that are healthy but also the ones that are being recovered can donate blood for experiments. The next section is dating at a distance during a pandemic. Dating throughout a pandemic is hard but it also increases people’s willingness and efforts to get a person. However, there are people that find ways to keep a long distance relationship without a pandemic. Also, it might turn in a positive way. There are more topics being covered in this podcast such as how doctors decide who is going to get the treatment first. It is not just because doctors do not want to assist but because ventilators and supplies are low. Not only people that are going outside but also the prisons are going through a crisis because they are also infected. The people that are offering their views are Medicals directors and professors in medical schools. Not only professionals but also Ti kTokers have been offering their opinions on the topic and how it is also affecting them but they are trying to keep positive. What interested me about this podcast is the way they not only use professional terms but also things that people can relate to. For example, in the first section a girl describes how she just delivers food to the elderly and that is her way of helping. Sometimes people do not know that simple things matter and we can help. What I learned from this podcast is that I thought people did not like to wear masks because it was uncomfortable but actually doctors said before that if you were not sick it was not mandatory to wear it. However, now the president orders people to wear masks everywhere you go. Also, it is important to understand that we use masks to protect others from us. I recommend this podcast to my classmates because it reveals tips on how to behave during this pandemic and also that it is important to behave as if we are ill because this will help us keep cautious. I prefer listening to the podcast more than reading a newspaper. I feel that listening to a podcast is more interesting, in a way that I can continue doing more things while listening. Last but not least, television news is more just like a monotony and they keep repeating everything fast and I feel that I do not catch the point.