The COVID-19 Pandemic and its impact on the southern United state.

Running Head: COVID-19 Pandemic & Its Impact on Southern United State

COVID-19 PANDEMIC & ITS IMPACT ON SOUTHERN UNITED STATE 3

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on the Southern United State: Proposal 1

Assignment

Oludele A. Akintunde

Lonestar College

Author’s Note: This essay was written for English 1302, taught by Professor Maslane.

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on the Southern United State: Proposal 1

Part 1

COVID-19 is an acronym for Corronavirus disease 2019; it is a sudden respiratory illness in humans caused by Corronavirus, capable of producing severe symptoms and in some cases death, especially in older people and those with underlying health condition- Hypertension, Asthma, lung cancer, cardiac diseases, chronic kidney disease and lots more. This Virus was originating from Wuhan, china in 2019 and it was caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corronavirus 2 (SARS- COV-2). It is a communicable disease. The symptoms may appear 2-14 days after someone exposed to it. People with following symptoms believed to have exposed to COVID-19: cough, shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing, Fatigue, Muscle pain, Sore throat and loss of taste or smell. Since the world has become global village, this virus has done more harmful than good. The governments of various countries in the process of preventing further spreading of the virus taking proactive steps by shutting down the schools, businesses and other areas. United state was not excluded in this aspect. My research is narrow down to the Southern Region of United states.

Part 11

My main argument is that southern part of the United States being the fastest and largest growing region of the nation are more susceptible to experience COVID-19 pandemic negative impacts: high death toll rate, shutting down educational system, businesses shut down and other endeavors. The above factors were triggered by poor health conditions of residents in southern, couple with lack of access to quality doctor and care, drastic increasing in rate of poverty because of their overpopulation, extremely medically un-insured individuals due to their immigration status and Southern sound hospitality culture. The above issue has dragged me to carry a further research on the impact of COVID-19 on this region. Meanwhile, previous statistics by State health access data assistance center shows that southerners have the highest rate of poor medical condition like cancers, they are the poorest region in United State, the poor, black, Latino, or rural residents who make up large shares of southern populations tend to lack access to high-quality doctors and care. Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana all spend less than $25 per person on public health a year, compared with $84 per person in New York. Also, nine of the 14 states that have refused to expand Medicaid to poor residents under the Affordable Care Act are in the South. Furthermore, social distancing, online schooling, businesses shut down, hand sanitizing and presently vaccination are the measures put in place to reduce or ameliorate the impact of this virus.

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