COVID-19 Alert Project
This essay will provide a portal into work in response to COVID-19.
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This policy applies to "individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack in New York City on September 11, 2001" The policy further specifies emergency responders, recovery workers, cleanup workers, residents, building occupants, and area workers in NYC.,
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The film looks at the work of MSF as an immediate relief effort, without too much in terms of long term sustainability. The doctors discuss this and how they can leave the clinic with some form of ongoing care, but that the infrastructure of the country itself does not support long term medical facilities. They look at it as an immediate fix to a forever existing problem. MSF is only there to help while they are there.
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Emergency response isn't specifically addressed, though follow-up aid is the main focus.
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The author uses historical accounts, statistical data, and current research to support the arguments/points made in the article.
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The Bethel Township EMS and Fire Department drafted this policy. As it stands, its the decision of the individual agencies and departments to determine whether on duty personnel can carry firearms.
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The purpose of this program is to educate students to become global leaders (dubbed Phoenix Leaders) in radiation disaster response. The program aims to use experience from the aftermath for Hiroshima to create an overarching program of “Radiation Disaster Recovery Studies”, with multiple disciplines of Medicine, Environmental Studies, Engineering, Sciences, Sociology, Education and Psychology. The eventual aim is to create a new and evolving system of response, safety, and security.
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The article addresses structural violence as a contributing factor in access to healthcare and ways to overcome certain cases. Structural violence is a term for social structures that are built to put a certain population in the way of harm. The article found that certain groups in the US and abroad have ingrained societal beliefs of healthcare and disease. Simply offering medical attention and services is not enough to fix issues. First the socioeconomic structures within a group must be changed.