Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Video)

Educators from e3 Civic High School share how to set up your school to go virtual through defining your goals, deciding on a platform, device management, encouraging digital citizenship. connecting with families and more. Series: "STEAM: Adding Arts to STEM Education" [Education] [Show ID: 36030]

What have we learned about COVID-19? George Rutherford, MD, MA Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF explores human coronaviruses in general, SARS, MERS and the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. He outlines the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and its associated disease (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China and the rest of the world. He also discusses individual-level prevention, population-level prevention and the impact on the future.

Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35930]

UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies recently completed the largest survey of Californians to date regarding opinions and attitudes related to COVID-19. The results are fascinating and point to a wide range of potential political and societal impacts arising from our still-unfolding responses to the pandemic. This discussion with IGS Co-Directors Cristina Mora and Eric Schickler and Professor of Health Policy and Management Hector Rodriguez, who together devised and ran the poll, delves into the significance and meaning of the data, and what it all might portend for California and the nation in the current context of political polarization and racial inequality. Series: "Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley (IGS)" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 36047]

Edwin Valderrama from the Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) at UC San Diego explains the new admission policies for the UC and CSU systems. He shares what the class of 2021 can do to prepare and how these changes will impact their college choices and applications. Series: "STEAM: Adding Arts to STEM Education" [Education] [Show ID: 35978]

UC San Diego professor of biology Justin Meyer, who specializes in infectious disease research presents his course The Evolution of Infectious Diseases with special attention to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the COVID-19 disease and its pandemic spread throughout the world. In this lecture - the evolution of influenza virus, how that enables annual epidemics of influenza and guides the production of preventive vaccines. Series: "The Evolution of Infectious Diseases with Justin Meyer" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 35832]

The stock market has been particularly volatile during the pandemic. Joey Engelberg explains how a social media platform for investors called StockTwits can measure investor sentiment during the Covid-19 pandemic. He also presents evidence that pre-Covid political views are affecting the ways investors are processing information about the pandemic, with Democrat investors holding more pessimistic market expectations during the crisis than Republican investors. Series: "Market Impacts of COVID-19" [Business] [Show ID: 36039]

The COVID-19 pandemic has already had a deep impact on the 2020 presidential election, from a battle over when to hold the Wisconsin primary to the postponement of other primaries and even the Democratic convention. In the months ahead, it will shape every facet of the contest: the issues, the mechanics of campaigns, how candidates engage the voters, and ultimately, how we cast our ballots. A panel of Berkeley political scientists and election experts discuss election law and security, voter participation, and how COVID-19 may permanently change how America votes. Panelists: Sarah Anzia, Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy; Henry E. Brady, Dean, Goldman School of Public Policy; Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Berkeley Law; Bertrall Ross, Professor, Berkeley Law; Philip Stark, Professor, Department of Statistics

Series: "Public Policy and Society" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 36038]

How can we even assess the economic damage, and what forecasts should we believe? Which parts of Japans economy will be hit the hardest, and what are the long-term implications of the likely economic crisis, and Japans role in Northeast Asian competition? Can Japan avoid the mass unemployment and corporate bankruptcies that are now befalling the U.S., and if so, what can we learn from any differences in trajectory? Learn from leading economists and practitioners from the field. Series: "COVID-19 in Japan" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 35971]

UC San Diego professor of biology Justin Meyer, who specializes in infectious disease research presents his course The Evolution of Infectious Diseases with special attention to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the COVID-19 disease and its pandemic spread throughout the world. In this lecture - learn about how pathogens jump or "spillover" to other species, and the ground-breaking research that proves how easily these mutations can occur. Series: "The Evolution of Infectious Diseases with Justin Meyer" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 35831]

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Series: "STEAM: Adding Arts to STEM Education" [Education] [Show ID: 36023]