This week's topic is: Monkeypox: Feels like Déjà Vu
Part 1:
Remembering HIV and COVID-19 in Response to Monkeypox’
(Boston University School of Public Health, 2022)
Vocabulary:
alum: (n.) graduate
leverage: (v.) use something to maximum advantage
bolstered: (adj.) well supported
outbreak:(n.) quick spread of a disease
endemic: (adj.) a disease outbreak is endemic when it is consistently present but limited to a particular region.
Part 2:
‘How the AIDS Crisis Changed The LGBT Movement | NBC News Now’ (YouTube, 2018)
Vocabulary:
contagious: (adj.) can spread from one person or organism to another (usually a disease)
galvanize: (v.) motivate someone into action
bring to the fore(front): (phrase) to make a matter be the center of attention, usually for discussions.