Public health.
PUBLIC HEALTH
BIOL 243
Fall 2020
Assignment #2
COVID 19 EPIDEMIOLOGY INVESTIGATION
Did opening campuses in Western Pennsylvania result in a spike of corona virus cases?
Select 8 dates of significance during the first 6 months of the pandemic (For reference see the Pittsburgh Post Gazette narrative between March 2020 and August 2020.)
Arrange these events on a timeline according to their date of occurrence.
Examine the correlation of these events (Examples: Allegheny County going to the green phase or ban on alcohol sales) with the Allegheny County Covid-19 cases from the Allegheny Health Dept website (link provided).
Discuss the following 2 questions.
1. How has the age distribution changed in the past 6 months by the number of cases in Allegheny
County?
2. What is the effect on the number of cases after students returned to campus in Allegheny County?
Submit your timeline annotated with events and your discussion of the questions by Tuesday, Sept.22nd.