Information of FACTS and OPINIONS about COVID-19 Outbreak, based on scholar's statements and opinions, also the writers conclusion.

1. FACT AND OPINION ABOUT COVID-19 OUTBREAK
DIANA JUNIAR
20190700050
STUDY PROGRAM INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITAS BUDDHI DHARMA

2. Fact and Opinion About COVID-19 Outbreak
A novel coronavirus (CoV) is a new strain of coronavirus. The disease caused by the novel coronavirus
first identified in Wuhan, China, has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Formerly, this disease
was referred to as ‘2019 Novel Coronavirus’ or ‘2019-nCoV’. The coronavirus comes from the ribovirus family,
that of the common cold virus. There are several variants of coronavirus, which can cause anything from a
common cold to more severe penuomonia. However, COVID-19 has more dramatic consequences.
The case of COVID-19 was almost the same as the measles, but then measles infection makes the
sufferer more immune when faced the same disease. If the COVID-19 has the same case with measles disease,
then adults didn’t need to be worry anymore and vaccines should be given to children. According to the head of
the Center for Infectious Disease, Alessandro Sette (2020), scientist are currently learning the virus tapered
protein which is the “key” to developing vaccines.
As a matter of fact, scientist all around the world are debating over the impact of climate on the spread
of COVID-19. Virologist form Imperial College London, Michael Skinner (2019) believes that the change in
season will also influence the spread of the COVID-19 as happened in the other coronavirus that previously
caused SARS. Reserchers, Miguel Araujo and Babak Naimi (2020) said, the tropical climate helps inhibit the
spread of the coronavirus and makes the virus unstable. While there is no strong evidence at the moment at the
moment, it is important to note that it might not diffuse well in tropical areas. Colds are more common in winter,
because of the tropism of the virus for cold mucous membranes, which is at 33 degree celcius. According to
Rob Aldringe (2020) form UCL said, no one has been able to ascertain the nature of COVID-19 against the
seasons in the world. Also worthy of note is that, according to Pascal Crepey (2009), an epidemiologist at the
Ecole des Hautes en Sante Publique, Rennes, France, said “Influenza progression depends on seasonality, both
in the northern and southern hemispheres.” And this could very well be the case as well for the COVID-19
coronavirus.
The fact is that currently the epicenter of the epidemic has shifted from China to Europe, with a
significant impact in Italy, even the death rate seems even higher than in Wuhan, China. 25% of the Italian
population is aged above 60, which might be an important factor. Comorbidity factors are also essential to take
into account such as, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, smoking, asthma, pulmonary weakness and other factors
weakness of the immune system. But a very large part of the infected are the healthy carriers, that is to say
asymptomatic, the virus has passed through them and they will develop immunity, but will not be sick. People
without symptoms have to be taken into account and that’s half of the people infected.
Coronavirus need a host to be able to multiply. When the virus fins a host, they will use the protein, then
attack cells that they thinks are not harmful and they control the molecular machinery of the cells to reproduce

3. and collect the materials needed to multiply. According to Professor Gary Whittaker (2020) “This is a viral
transition between living and non-living”.
Still on the subject of this mortality rate, seeing deaths on TV or article’s is very impressive. Hospitals
are under pressure in Italy, but it must be borne in mind that the simple flu also kills hundreds of thousands
every year, without any lines on front pages. It’s impact is spread over six months in winter, while this
coronavirus made it’s blitskrieg in just two months.
Does it deserve extreme panic to the point of paralyzing the entire planet?
There is still an open question because the COVID-19 pandemic is not over yet. But still, the figures
from China, Taiwan and South Korea show that the order of magnitude is a few thousand dead, not tens of
thousands, let alone hundreds of thousands. The question deserves to be asked because an extreme economic
impact also means casualties, directly through famine in the most fragile countries, or indirectly through a
reduction in the quality of health care for populations improverished by bankruptcies.
According to famous sociologist Anthony Giddens (1990), this is actually the defining charateristic of
globalization in the first place, that it “Links distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by
events occuring many miles away and vice versa.” Indeed, several moths after China authorities failed to
properly handle a local health emergency in a peripheral part of China, the entire global economy is fast
moving towards a major recession, leaving a steadly growing number of people unemployed across the globe,
from Latin America to the Middle East.
Moreover, the World Health Organization (WHO), which is supposed to be the basis of international
cooperation in such times of crisis, became a source of disputee. Many blame the organization for covering up
China’s initial mishandling of the outbreak and failing to implement a strong response in the early days in par
with the potential danger. More recently, US has even withdrawn funding form the organization. Meanwhile,
the other countries fight over worlds limited supply of critical Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). Many
countries banned exports of face masks and ventilators, which led to confrontations between governements.
Even the EU, which was long seen as the bastion of international cooperation, failed to synchronize government
efforts to fight the pandemic. Now citizens questioning why some of the richest countries in the world are not
capable of manufacturing life saving ventilators or even face masks while countries like China and Turkey are
distributing them to other countries in aid.

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