Tag: PBS

What are at least one analogy or dis-analogy between Barry Schwartz’s (from the Ted Talk) jeans example and medical treatment?Should drug companies profit from Coronavirus vaccine?” PBS News Hour, 9/17/2020, 10m21s, https://www.pbs.org/video/cost-of-vaccine-1600371004/ (Links to an external site.)

For this week’s reading, address the following:

1.Write at least two sentences for each of the following (A-C), which *identifies an ethical issue for each of the following (A-C). The ethical issue should be in the form a question about what the right thing is to do about some problem which you identify. And *explains why it is an ethical issue. To explain, you can identify biomedical ethical principles which may be violated or are in conflict with each other.

A) The monetary price of a Coronavirus vaccine
B) Vaccine equity
C) Vaccine passports
If you decided to swap out one of the additional readings, you would then identify an ethical issue on Human challenge trials and/or The creation of or marketing/sale of experimental vaccine.

2. What are at least one analogy or dis-analogy between Barry Schwartz’s (from the Ted Talk) jeans example and medical treatment?

3. Take at least the remainder of two pages of notes on the week’s readings.be sure to use quotation marks and citation when you refer to a text word-for-word. be sure to use citation when you refer to a text by paraphrasing (in your own words).

People takes notes in a variety of ways. You can cover main topics, points of fact, arguments, questions you have, vocabulary, etc.

1. “Should drug companies profit from Coronavirus vaccine?” PBS News Hour, 9/17/2020, 10m21s, https://www.pbs.org/video/cost-of-vaccine-1600371004/ (Links to an external site.)

2. “Vaccine Equity.” begin broadcast at 20:48 time. Report concludes at 28:11.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Bp7Up91iw (Links to an external site.)

(from “PBS NewsHour,” Public Broadcasting Service, air date: February 24, 2021).

3. “The Ethics of ‘Vaccine Passports’.” You can listen or read the transcript of the 4-minute report:
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/06/984829952/the-ethics-of-vaccine-passports (Links to an external site.)
(from “All Things Considered,” National Public Radio, air date: April 6, 2021).

Some additional sources, on different topics. You may swap out one of these sources for one above, if you wish. : )

A. “Meet people volunteering to be exposed to COVID-19 for vaccine research.” PBS New Hour, 6/15/2020, 7m40s, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/meet-people-volunteering-to-be-exposed-to-covid-19-for-vaccine-research (Links to an external site.)

B. “These Scientists Are Giving Themselves D.I.Y Coronavirus Vaccines.” by Heather Murphy, for The New York Times, published 09/01/2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/science/covid-19-vaccine-diy.html (Links to an external site.)

Write 3 interesting things you learned from this documentary relevant to our current economic problems and Presidential leadership during crisis. Explain them into 3 paragraphs.

Watch lecture on American Presidency:

Write 3 paragraphs on things that you thought were interesting in the above lecture and explain why. Must be in 3 paragraphs.

DOCUMENTARY: watch “The Rising Road” (5th Episode) of the PBS series on The Roosevelts. You can subscribe to free membership for 7 days and watch it and then cancel it before they charge you or continue it if you like it. 5th Episode focuses on FDR’s Presidential leadership during the big depression.

Write 3 interesting things you learned from this documentary relevant to our current economic problems and Presidential leadership during crisis. Explain them into 3 paragraphs.

Both lecture and documentary must be answered in 3 paragraphs each. Total 6 paragraphs.

This should describe how the film research its material (interviews, documents, etc). It should include your analysis on the effectiveness of this research and methodology-How is successful and how is unsuccessful?

U.S History of Immigrants and Immigration

Description

Watch the film “After the Mayflower” (Links to an external site.) Here is the link: the PBS documentary series We Shall Remain (available via Kanopy (Links to an external site.)) Write a 1-2 page film response using the following guide.

Paragraph 1: Introduction

This should include a brief introduction to the film, its title, and its objective.

Paragraph 2: Summary

This should briefly summarize the key aspects of the film and its argument.

Paragraph 3: Historical Material & Method

This should describe how the film research its material (interviews, documents, etc). It should include your analysis on the effectiveness of this research and methodology. How is successful and how is unsuccessful?

Paragraph 4: Commentary on its Connection to Class Readings & Material

This is your opportunity to make connections between the film and how we have discussed the relationship between British colonists and indigenous populations.

Paragraph 5: Brief Conclusion