Essays about: "herd immunity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words herd immunity.
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1. Topics and Attitudes in COVID-19 Online News Comments about Italy and Sweden. Appraisal Framework applied to Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis
University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologiAbstract : This study conducts a mixed-methods, comparative study of online news comments. The subject of the articles were the two countries of Sweden and Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic. READ MORE
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2. Rabies in rural Cambodia : A pilot study on social acceptance of an oral vaccination campaign of dogs and community rabies awareness
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical SciencesAbstract : Rabies is a deadly zoonotic disease that kills approximately 60,000 people every year, with around 60% of the cases in Asia. There exists no treatment for rabies once symptoms have started to appear and the disease always leads to death of the patient. READ MORE
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3. Political Trust and Covid- 19 Vaccine Hesitancy
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : As vaccines against Covid-19 are being distributed globally the goal is to limit the impact of the disease by achieving herd immunity, and to accomplish this most people need to get vaccinated. Vaccine hesitancy is a challenge to this goal. READ MORE
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4. The Use of Syntax and Lexicon Structures in Political Discourse : A Case Study of Boris Johnson’s Speeches on COVID-19
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärandeAbstract : In their book, Fairclough and Fairclough (2013) claim that political leaders’ main role is to make choices in difficult situations. Due to the coronavirus outbreak worldwide, every political leader was called to make difficult decisions and to announce them to their respective public. READ MORE
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5. Covid-19 & Swedish exceptionalism : A critical qualitative content analysis on the international print media discourses of Sweden’s Covid-19 strategy
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013)Abstract : In 2020, the year the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the Swedish Covid-19 response differed radically from the general policy of total lockdown and strict enforcement of Covid-measures and regulations recommended by the WHO. Instead, Sweden strove early on to achieve herd immunity, with no mandatory measures to limit numbers in shopping malls, buses, and other public events, nor mask requirements. READ MORE