Research a STEM representation of the following scenario by Sheliza Ibrahim Khan

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I am not sure if we can considered this a social justice issue, but I chose to look into the unemployment rate since COVID. I consider it to have a valid numerical representation since it not only shows the percentages but also demonstrates the raw numbers. Therefore making it easy to understand.

Due COVID-19, hardly members of a country (Canada, USA, etc.) were not spending as much money as they were pre COVID-19. Now that the economy is opening up, there is a high demand for consumer goods, tourism, or just general spending. Problem is, these demands cannot be met due to a lack of supply which is causing prices to surge, resulting in inflation. We can see a similar phenomena occuring in the housing market globally.

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Covid Exposure App

lifehax33 — 2021-11-08 15:39:31 UTC

Doesn't track your location, name, address, phone's contacts, health information of anyone you're near (these could all be helpful and informative but because of privacy issues they aren't included)

If you aren't technologically savvy you're unlikely to use the app (may not even have a phone), or may be using it incorrectly (don't have bluetooth turned on)

Requires the user to self-report if they have been diagnosed with Covid (people may not do this)

The way of obtaining the "one-time key" changes from province to province can further confuse this issue especially if you are travelling (ex. for business). Could also weigh heavily on the public health system because if the user who has covid doesn't get the code they have to do further work by contacting their local public health

Pandemic caused a spike in anxiety and depression rates.

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During the time of covid, a survey done by U.S. Census Bureau more than 4 people out of 10 developed the symptoms of depression. However, the survey was a rapid-response online survey done on randomy chosen people. There is a high posibility of it not representing the real numbers as in online surveys people sometimes do not write genuine answers. Also, since it is random testing, the number of people this was tested on is not enough to represent an entire country.

Growing unemployment and lower wages

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From Statistics Canada we learn that the youth employment rate has dropped since 2020 by more than 10% and will see way lower wages than if they joined the workforce two years prior (this data is on top of the effects of inflation), as well they will experience harder working conditions and less employee benefits.

The fall of economic output in Canada

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Due to the pandemic, in Canada the real output declined by 2.1% in small firms in the first quarter of 2020, while it declined by 1.7% in the business sector in the first quarter.

Closing of many Canadian businesses

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Due to the pandemic, may businesses were forced to close due to lack of customers or too strict restrictions from the government. Owners went bankrupt and lost personal savings in order to either save or close their business.

More layoffs and smaller employee numbers

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Due to the pandemic, many businesses were forced to lay off large amounts of workers as they were not able to afford their high staff count. This resulted in many people losing their jobs and not being able to support their families or themselves and having to rely on governmental aid.

Percent change in hours worked per year

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Food insecurity and Covid-19

covid 19 is estimated to have dramatically increased the number of people facing food insecurity in 2020 and 2021.
The number of people affected by hunger continued to increase in 202 due to the covid19 pandemic.
It is estimated as an increase from 9.2 to 10.4 %.
Between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced food insecurity in the world. 118 million more people were facing hunger in 2020 than in 2019.
1 in 3 people in the world did not have access to food in 2020. And 1 in 7 Canadians experienced food insecurity during the pandemic.
We can use statistics, and bar graphs to represent this increase of food insecurity throughout the year with the presence of covid 19

Exploring Ucheck and its viabilities

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With UCheck, the University of Toronto itself requires every student and staff member to have linked their UTORiD to the system developed by thrive health.

In theory and in a perfect world with everyone being honest, the UCheck would be a great success. It would not only allow the university to track cases within their population across its campuses but also have accurate up to date data on the staff/student's details (such as which residence they are in, whether they have managed to get on campus or not, which classes they are in/taking and so on) which would allow them to keep everything on campus relatively under check.

Alas, humans are not perfect and neither is the UCheck. Its major drawback is that it requires self-reporting- and therein is where the viability of this system goes to its grave. One could easily just lie on their Ucheck and get in on campus despite showing multiple symptoms or even actually having contracted covid. Furthermore, Ucheck may not be accurate for those individuals in whom covid is still incubating and so show no symptoms!

There are many different Covid-19 tools from municipal, provincial, federal and global level

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Schools:
A lot of universities and schools now have a system where students must log in daily to ensure that they don't have Covid. (i.e. UCheck, SheridanCheck, etc.) (This will help notify students in a particular class if another student happen to also have Covid) (Note: Although these checks are in place, students with covid/being asymptomatic might still "bypass" it by pretending that they don't have covid. This system is based on honesty)

Municipal:
https://data.peelregion.ca/documents/profile-of-covid-19-cases/explore
Region of Peel Covid case dashboard (provides info from the Peel region (Mississauga, Caledon, Brampton) and providing more specific data within your community)

Provincial:
https://covid-19.ontario.ca/data (Covid 19 data regarding Ontario (the province as a whole))
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/covid-alert.html (The Ontario Covid 19 alert app which helps track cases near your area)

Federal:
https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/epidemiological-summary-covid-19-cases.html (Covid19 stats for all of Canada (Including the breakdown for each province/territory))

Global:
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
https://covid19.who.int/
https://covid19tracker.ca/

(Data aggregated from a trusted site such as John Hopkins University or WHO on Covid 19 world data (Including the breakdown for each country (If data is able to be found))

Note: This data isn't always going to be 100% accurate as there are new cases coming in everyday and there are some people that might even have Covid but might be asymptomatic or unreported

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Vaccine distribution unequal because of the monetary value and connections necessary when the whole world is competing for one limited resource.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/04/22/988814093/what-does-vaccine-inequality-look-like-see-chart

Covid-19 affecting education

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COVID-19 affected many students around the world, from having increasing levels of anxiety to insomnia. High school students were more likely to drop out, and 35% of parents with kids going to elementary school were severely concerned about the mental health of their children. Education was also impacted as many students were not able to go the school, and being at home where the environment may not be great for studying, student marks have decreased for some.

Covid 19 affecting education

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Schools used to keep track of infected students and send out emails to keep people informed

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COVID-meter - Danish Tech company app used to input and monitor coronavirus symptoms.

Mobile Proximity App - Tracks the spread of the virus

affecting schools

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covid screenings that were submitted could help track approximately who might be sick

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https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/12/covid-19-fueling-anti-asian-racism-and-xenophobia-worldwide

Covid-19 lead to anti-Asian discrimination and hate since the virus originated in Asia

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People can report their covid antigen tests online to help keep track of cases

Insufficient Health Workers

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the extreme stress it cause on the health care workforce.

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It lead to leading to workforce shortages as well as increased health care worker burnout, exhaustion, and trauma.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been over 150,000 recorded cases of COVID-19 in health care workers in Canada. Which cause trauma and mental health issues, not only for the people that are ill but also their coworkers.

https://www.cihi.ca/en/covid-19-cases-and-deaths-in-health-care-workers-in-canada-infographic

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Covid-19 lead to anti-Asian discrimination since the virus originated in Asia

Prejudice against Asians

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Study shows that prejudice against people of Asian decent had increased

44 per cent of cases were reported in British Columbia and 40 per cent were reported in Ontario.
60 per cent of the victims identified as women.
11 per cent of cases included violent physical assault or unwanted contact.
10 per cent of cases included being coughed or spat on.

Unemployment rate

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Twice as many women than men lost their jobs in the past 3 years

Group 2

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During the pandemic a rise in supply and demand has been affecting our pharmaceutical companies. The demand for over the counter drugs have been growing and the supply chain cant keep up with the needs of people

https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2021/06/17/why-the-pandemic-has-disrupted-supply-chains/

Anti-Vaxxers

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Temperature guns and quick test covid test

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One app that was used like crazy during the pandemic was Zoom

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Some forms of social media, while not necessarily being invented during COVID-19, found a massive boom in their user base. An example of this is TikTok.

Shutting down of small businesses

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most healthcare workers let off were women. is it coincidence?

Spike of food prices during Covid-19 pandemic

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https://devpolicy.org/the-covid-19-crisis-and-rising-food-prices-a-year-on-20210928/

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https://abc7ny.com/tiktok-social-medial-manuela-frey-coronavirus-new-york/6201468/

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Food prices increased

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Health care workers were at a greater risk of getting infected

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Shortages of health care workers

Straining of hospital resources

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Many hospitals were straining resources and overworking its staff due to a sudden influx of hospitalizations due to COVID

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BLM is a social justice issue that arises during Covid-19. More specifically, when people were protesting for equal black rights the media used Covid as an excuse to why their protest was illegal and had to be stopped.

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Students struggled with online school

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People became less socially active

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Employees being laid off work because of Covid-19

Depression rates increased in most teens and other individuals

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Death rates increased

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People got separated from their families

Covid 19 relation to technology

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QR code survey/PCR test before entering the class (Contains general questions about assessing ones well being).
Thermometer
Digital health applications
Antigen Rapid Test

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Mass Unemployment

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Introversion

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Decline in education and economy

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Toilet paper and hand sanitizer shortage

Covid alert app

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Alerts people of exposure to other people that have also downloaded the app

coronavirus prevalence apps

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app to provide up to date news on health & covid-19 cases, news, outbreaks etc

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nurses went on strike because they became overworked and underpaid

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Since Covid was rumoured to be originated from China, the hate to Asians rised from COVID

Front line workers affected

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Healthcare workers, educators, sale workers and many more were heavily affected by the COVID pandemic. Since their jobs were essential to keep society going they had to serve despite risk of COVID infection.

Apps by Google that are free to download and use. They track people who have tested positive for COVID19 and warn other smartphone users.

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Due to the pandemic, people had more time to be online and on social media, which increased the amount of attention certain movements were getting. The Black Lives Matter movement has been around for a long time, and with more people dedicating more time to social media during the lockdown, its audience became even bigger. This led to a widespread increase in protests from all around the world fighting for their rights.

Asian Hate - Racism

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In the recent covid-19 pandemic, the virus was seen to have spread from Wuhan, China. Once this news was public to the western world, the media portrayed Asians and people of Asian and/or Chinese decent as carries for the virus, as if it was genetic.

Workplace Reporting Tool

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A COVID-19 workplace reporting tool was released that allowed employers to report cases of COVID in their workplace

UofT COVID Tracking Application

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UofT launched a website questionnaire that all students and staff needed to fill in order to continue coming to campus. This website required members of UofT community to upload proof of their vaccination

SAT RESULTS

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During the pandemic, a great number of universities considered the SAT results optional so that students from different backgrounds could compete equally regardless of the COVID-19 impacts. Like some students never had access to Online lessons and the internet while others had the opportunity.

Nurses and Physicians Experiencing Burnout

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Due to the amount of patients seriously affected by the virus, doctors and nurses were taking risks to care for the ill and work long shifts with payment that does not reflect their efforts (specifically for nurses).

Vaccines

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Many people doubted the vaccines' efficacy and its side effects, where some believed in certain theories regarding the government and its intention to wrong citizens.

Waste Water

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Using a community's waste water to test for the presence of COVID-19 and determine how many cases of infection is present in a neighbourhood/city.

Treatment and vaccination

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, access to healthcare emerged as marginalized communities faced significant barriers to testing, treatment, and vaccination. Such as lack of health insurance, limited proximity to healthcare facilities, as well as the racism specific races faced.

Economic disparities

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During covid, the gap between the rich and poor widened significantly. It greatly affected smaller businesses, leading to a lot of them shutting down. Larger businesses have been able to handle it better, but the pandemic greatly impacted low-income households.

Social justice issues

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During the covid-pandemic, showed how crowded conditions made it easier for the virus to spread among inmates. Which led to calls for releasing non-violent offenders, lowering bail, and also improving health care in prisons to keep everyone safer.

Scenario 3: Any technological tool used to track COVID Cases (local/global) of developed during the pandemic to assist?

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COVID tests
COVID-19 Alert App
Online grocery shopping and contactless pay
Remote learning and working
3D printing to combat medical supply shortage
AI (fast and reliable screening and diagnosis of people)
Thermometers
Surveys (data collection)
Vaccines
Robotics and Drones (COVID provided a strong push to rollout the usage of robots and research on robotics)

Inflation & Poverty | Mental Health Declination

755362_1 — 2024-10-22 14:43:30 UTC

Inflation & Poverty

Due to high demand during the Covid-19 pandemic, prices were on the rise. Additionally, interest rates suddenly skyrocketed after being at an all-time low, causing more difficulty for people to pay off their bills. Because of the high prices, the lower classes suffered the most, not being able to purchase necessities for their families.

Mental Health Declination

Everyone was essentially locked inside their homes during the pandemic, which extremely limited social interactions among the population. Many people were isolated; causing higher rates of depression and suicide.

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Mental health issues emerging in students due to isolation.

Students being unable to perform well in school after Covid restrictions were lifted due to online learning.

International travel restrictions making it so that some families being broken up and isolated.

COVID-19 and economic inequality based on jobs

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While some jobs that require expertise such as lawyers and engineers, “lower class” jobs such as grocery workers and store associates had a significant role during the pandemic - having to work everyday for the same minimum wage but having a great impact in helping the public

Tools used to track COVID 19 cases

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-Thermal scans

-E-bracelets

-Screening tool: Questionares

-Walk-in clinics have virtual waiting lists

-digital contact tracing

Businesses closed

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many businesses were hit including long standing/family owned businesses which were forced to close due to the lockdown restrictions. It also impacted newer businesses: some friends and I started a clothing business just prior to the pandemic, we had spent half a year outsourcing and planning our business. We released our first drop at the turn of the year, but with covid lockdown restrictions, we could no longer run the business as our factory was in Egypt and we were selling out of Germany.