COVID-19 "THE CHALLENGE"

The present COVID-19 pandemic has touched us all. The pandemic's impact and repercussions, however, are perceived differently depending on our status as individuals and as members of society.

While some strive to adjust to working online, educating their children, and getting food through Instacart, others are forced to be infected in order for society to operate. Our many social identities and the social groupings to which we belong dictate our inclusion in Society and, as a result, our Vulnerability to epidemics.

Why is Covid-19 a 'Big Challenge' ?

COVID-19 "THE IMPACT"

1. Virginia’s Department of Public Health reports over 21,000 cases and over 700 deaths.
2. 33.5 million people have filed for unemployment claims in the United States since mid-March.
3. The economic impacts of the disease have been felt much more broadly, as businesses have been forced to close or operate under different conditions, and as consumer spending power declines. As we look ahead, there is tremendous uncertainty about how the pandemic will end and how it will affect the global economy and our individual lives and livelihoods both in the short term and permanently.

Every community must prepare for and respond to hazardous events, whether a natural disaster like a tornado or disease outbreak, or a human-made event such as a harmful chemical spill. A number of factors, including poverty, lack of access to transportation, and crowded housing may weaken a community’s ability to prevent human suffering and financial loss in a disaster. These factors are known as Social Vulnerability Index (SVI).

Let us explore SVI

What is Social Vulnerability Index (SVI)?

From the above video we can understand that Census tracts are subdivisions of counties for which the Census collects statistical data. The CDC/ATSDR SVI ranks each tract on 15 social factors, and groups them into four related themes. Each tract receives a separate ranking for each of the Four themes, as well as an overall ranking.

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From the above video we can understand that Census tracts are subdivisions of counties for which the Census collects statistical data. The CDC/ATSDR SVI ranks each tract on 15 social factors, and groups them into four related themes. Each tract receives a separate ranking for each of the Four themes, as well as an overall ranking.