Social Behavior

Infectious viral diseases (ex. pandemics) during varied time periods can affect populations differently with regards to medical treatments, social behavioral recommendations and cultural concepts. For this project, you are to do comparative research on the present COVID-19 virus (2020) with the 1918 viral pandemic and how they affected/affect the United States populations.        Firstly, examine the etiology of the viruses.        Secondly, importantly examine the complex social, cultural and medical factors affecting treatments and outcomes for both time periods.                    What were (1918 virus) and are (Covid-19 virus) medical interventions and social behavioral interventions during the time periods?                    What was the response time frame to the viruses?                    Were there (1918 virus), are there (Covid-19 virus) certain ethnicities and/or groups more effected? And How?                      Were there more/less unification as to interventions regionally across the United States (explain)?                    In your analyses, are there factors regardless of time period that appear to be consistent and/or different with regards to stigma and fear? Citations in APA form (ex. Smith, 2008, p.128) are to be included as well as a Bibliography.