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Assignment:

The COVID Vaccine Booster Dilemma

Background and Assigned Reading: Since 2021, new variants (Delta and Omicron) of the COVID-19 virus have created a debate concerning the use of booster shots in the United States and other wealthy countries, given limited supplies of the vaccine in many less-privileged countries. Read this article and use it to answer the assigned questions:

Part 1 Empirical and Quantitative Competency: St. Philip's College students will manipulate and analyze numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions. Use short paragraphs to completely answer each question.

Outcome 1 Identify and collect data.

a. What variables (data) are provided in the assigned article?

Outcome 2 Manipulate the data.

a. What facts (data) SUPPORT the use of vaccine boosters?

b. Which facts (data) OPPOSE the use of vaccine boosters?

Outcome 3: Draw informed conclusions.

a. Based on your analysis of the data listed in Outcome 2, what can we conclude regarding the use of booster shots? State your conclusion and explain your reasoning here:

Part 2 Social Responsibility: St. Philip's College students will demonstrate intercultural competency, civic knowledge and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national and global communities

a. Analyze the issue of vaccine boosters from at least three different cultural perspectives. (Perspectives may be national, such as India, United States, etc.)

b. In your opinion, do wealthy nations such as Israel and the United States have a social (civic) responsibility to promote the equal distribution of vaccines? Explain why, or why not. What are some consequences of either decision?

c. Suggest at least THREE ways to engage with national and global communities to address the issue of the use of booster vaccinations for COVID-19.