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\"Coronavirus
When viewed by electron microscope, the spikes on the outer surface of the coronavirus look like a crown, which gave the virus its name. CDC illustration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With a doctorate in pathobiology, Stefanie Iverson Cabral has been teaching courses in microbiology, infectious diseases and global health since 2015 in the School of Nursing & Health Studies<\/a>, always taking any opportunity to share her historical interest in quarantines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This school year, she decided to make Quarantine and Isolation its own 200-level, spring quarter course to help students explore the policies, ethical considerations and potential abuses in managing outbreaks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, the coronavirus and the COVID-19 outbreak broke through the classroom door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

History lessons made real <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Soldiers
Quarantine of soldiers at Fort Lewis during 1918 influenza. Washington State Historical Society, Gregg Courtwright Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit ironic that our quarantine class isn\u2019t being taught in person,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m going to have to revamp it in light of the real-time current events. I will be having students do a lot of comparing\/contrasting this current event with situations from the past.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iverson Cabral always thought it strange when people downplayed the seasonal flu. \u201cFlu makes me very nervous. People underestimate it,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she talked with students about the 1918 flu that killed more than 50 million people worldwide, she would ask what they thought about a future pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre we ready as a society, and will it be as bad?\u201d she would say. \u201cAnd most students were like, \u2018Nope, it\u2019s not going to be as bad; it\u2019s not going to happen.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, a previous student emailed her. \u201cRemember when you asked us how we would respond? We\u2019re seeing it!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iverson Cabral said, \u201cI couldn\u2019t predict it would be this particular virus, but it was inevitable.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Battling the outbreak <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Stefanie
Stefanie Iverson Cabral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

SARS, MERS, Ebola and swine flu concerned Iverson Cabral, but she\u2019s more worried now because the new coronavirus is apparently spread by some people who show no symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of people have this and don\u2019t know. It promotes a much wider spread than we had with those other diseases,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s why it makes sense, in my opinion, to be shutting things down.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While laboratories around the world are working as fast as they can to develop treatments and a vaccine, those are months away at best, she said. Meanwhile, more testing can help track and control the spread of COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you don\u2019t have a vaccine and you don\u2019t have a cure, testing is really our best bet,\u201d Iverson Cabral said. \u201cLack of data is one of the things that really bothers me. Ideally, we\u2019d be able to test everybody.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s also concerned about the mental well-being of students and the public at large. Reports are on the rise that some people are blaming the pandemic on marginalized communities, as she has seen in history as recently as the 2003 SARS virus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt could be minor, with people making jokes,\u201d she says, \u201cbut it plays to some underlying xenophobia. This is a virus. It doesn\u2019t care who you are.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fighting a virus with information <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Because of her expertise, Iverson Cabral has been asked a lot of questions by students and others on and off campus. In response, she has created a website with information about the coronavirus, updated daily. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The site includes a chart that illustrates the value of social distancing in the different responses of two cities during the 1918 flu. Toward the end of World War I, the city of St. Louis closed down schools, churches and theaters. The city of Philadelphia went ahead with a war bonds parade, which was soon followed by significant loss of life in the City of Brotherly Love. Deaths were more moderated in St. Louis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chart shows the value of \u201cflattening the curve\u201d to prevent a peak of patients that would overwhelm hospitals, she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think there are people who don\u2019t appreciate this is as severe as it is,\u201d Iverson Cabral said. \u201cSocial distancing can really help stop the spread.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking it seriously <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

People are resilient and have survived pandemics in the past, says Iverson Cabral. But it\u2019s no longer an abstraction. Her students will have lived it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow, we will study how we handled this,\u201d she says. \u201cDid we do a good job? Could we do better and try to learn for the next time?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMost importantly, how can we critically evaluate how scientists, government and society responded so that when we come out of this \u2014 when we make it to the other side of the pandemic \u2014 we are better prepared for the future?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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