SESSION 8
Source: futura-sciences.com
Source: futura-sciences.com
A. Show how much you know about vaccine production by putting the following steps in the right order. You have 5 minutes to complete the challenge.
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B. These are the 12 terms you will need for exercise C. But they are all scrambled (disorganised). Read the descriptions and put the letters in the right order as fast as you can and obtain the highest number of points.
NOTE: Don't forget to write down the words!!! You will need them!!!
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C. Now read the following text and fill in the blanks with the terms you found.
Already there are drug treatments. Dexamethasone —a cheap (1) — has been shown to save some of the (2) patients. But it is not enough to stop all Covid-19 patients dying or to lift the need for all restrictions. Close attention will be paid to Sweden in the coming months to see whether its strategy is rewarded in the longer term. It didn't lock down, but so far has had a significantly higher death rate than its (3) , after failing to protect people in (4) .
Generally, the world's hopes of getting life back to normal are (5) on a vaccine. (6) people breaks the virus's ability to (7) .
There are six vaccines now entering phase three (8) . This is the critical stage when we will discover if the vaccines that appear (9) actually work. The final (10) is also the point where many a medicine has (11) . Health officials say the emphasis should remain on "if" we get a vaccine not "when".
Dr Margaret Harris, of WHO, said: "People have this Hollywood-esque belief in a vaccine; that scientists are just going to fix it. In a two-hour film the end comes pretty quickly, but scientists aren't Brad Pitt, (12) themselves and saying 'we're all going to be saved'."
Extract from a BBC.com article published by James Gallagher on 9 August 2020.
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This video is from 30 November 2020. It shows how Americans are acting during the Thanksgiving Day holiday, but it can be extrapolated to any other country in Europe.
D. Now decide whether the following sentences are true or false.
1. "A surge on top of a surge" means that Americans are finally keeping the pandemic under control.
2. At least Americans are paying attention to warnings now.
3. There have been four million new deaths.
4. Travelling for Thanksgiving Day has been the busiest since the beginning of the pandemic.
5. The most used means of transport these days is individual cars.
6. Dr Burke says they are beginning a post-Thanksgiving search for patients.
7. Higher number of hospitalizations happen in big cities only.
8. Dr Walker is concerned that a lot of people will be sick for a long time.
9. Some quarterbacks in the NBA have also tested positive for COVID-19.
10. Players not wearing masks during celebrations will be severely fined.
11. Now the question is who will be vaccinated first.
12. According to the presenter, LA County will go into some sort of lockdown again tomorrow.
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NOTE: Obviously, you don't need to follow all his pieces of advice, but he is very good at this and very pleasant to watch, so please listen to what he has to say.
Different teachers may have slightly different criteria, but in general this is what we all look at when we assess group video presentations.
This rubric applies to the following groups:
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