Question: In January Of 2020, The United States Declared The Spread Of COVID-19 A National Emergency. In The Weeks And Months To Follow, We Saw The Global Spread Of COVID-19 Surge. If We Were To See A Surge In Individuals With COVID-19 Like Symptoms, Who Also Tested Negative For COVID-19, What Would We Need To Investigate To Determine If This Is A New Strain …
In January of 2020, the United States declared thespread of COVID-19 a national emergency. In the weeks and months tofollow, we saw the global spread of COVID-19 surge. If we were tosee a surge in individuals with COVID-19 like symptoms, who also testednegative for COVID-19, what would we need to investigate todetermine if this is a new strain of COVID or a different virus?What steps would you take in your thinking (metacognition), and howwould it relate to the steps needed to follow the scientificmethod?