Public Health Discussion #6

You are to answer the prompts and respond with a minimum of 200 words

For this discussion, please VIEW the video And The Band Played On and answer the following questions comparing the early investigation of HIV to todays COVID pandemic.:

1. How, in the movie, did the researchers establish the existence of an outbreak? Today, how does it compare to COVID-19?
2. How, in the movie, did the researchers verify the diagnosis? (This was particularly difficult because the organism was not known but what symptoms were they looking for?) Today, how does it compare to COVID-19?
3. How did the researchers go about trying to identify the cases? Today, how does it compare to COVID-19?
4. A summary of the current case definition for AIDS can be found at:
6. . How has this changed from the movie? What does the COVID-19 case definition look like? Has it changed?
7. What control and prevention measures were implemented or attempted in the movie? Today, how does it compare to COVID-19?
8. How did the researchers in the movie communicate their findings to the public and to other researchers? Today, how does it compare to COVID-19?