5/4 Questions

5/4 Questions

by Megumi Shirasaki -
Number of replies: 1

I know you talked about who would be participating in the 2 week summer course, but I don't remember if you mentioned whether there would be an economics perspective in the discussion.

Are there supplements that boost cytokine count?

Due to the way politics works, we can expect the US government to claim that the quarantine efforts are what caused the death rate to be this low, and completely deny the possibility that we overreacted and the death count wouldn't have been as high anyway. There are some countries, however, that only quarantined people who had COVID-19 and people at risk. It'll be interesting to compare the death toll between countries with different responses after this whole thing is over. Do you think there will be a correlation between more lockdown and lower death rate?

There has been talk of a staggered opening and a lot of people agree with this concept. Do you think a staggered opening would be beneficial, and if so, what criteria do you think the stagger should be divided on? Age group, workers, students, etc?

While researching poverty and infectious disease, I found that one reason people in poverty tend to spread infectious diseases faster is because they're usually living in more crowded areas. While not to the same extent, college students tend to live in close quarters, but they also tend to be on the wealthy side. I wonder how infectious diseases spread on college campuses.

In reply to Megumi Shirasaki

Re: 5/4 Questions

by Barbara Christie-Pope -

I have a meeting regarding the summer course this week with an economics professor and a sociologist.

no, there are no supplements that boost cytokines.

I really have no idea if there will be a correlations between lockdown and cases.  I do think that we really did not have a choice since we do not know.

A phased opening is logical but also problematic.  Until we know more about the actual number of cases and the number of people with presumed immunity, we don't know how much we can open back up the country.

College campuses are always settings for infectious diseases.  Not only are students in close quarters, but they tend to interact in groups.  Outbreaks are common on college campuses.