Coronavirus Fear Opinion Article

According to the section “Understanding Risk,” WHY do people buy teas and pills?

• because they think they can cure the coronavirus

• because stores are out of all other items

• because medicine helps to make masks more effective

• because they understand how dangerous coronavirus is

WHY does the World Health Organization tell people to wash their hands?

• so people will stop touching their faces

• so people will feel safer

• because people are buying too many masks

• because it is easy for everyone to do

Read the two paragraphs below from the Introduction [paragraphs 1-4].

1. The coronavirus outbreak is a big deal. It is one of the biggest events of this century. Health

experts warn that the disease will probably keep spreading. It will pop up in more and more

areas.

2. This is scary. And the fact that it's scary is causing new problems.

How are these paragraphs connected?

• The sentences compare two different things.

• The sentences tell events in the order they happened.

• Sentence 1 is a cause and sentence 2 is an effect.

• Sentence 1 is a problem and sentence 2 is a solution.

Read the sentences below from the section “What Health Experts Recommend.”

1. People are much more likely to get seriously hurt in a car crash than in a plane crash.

2. Still, for most of us, a shaking airplane is scarier than almost getting into a car accident.

How are the sentences connected?

• Sentence 1 is a problem and sentence 2 is a solution.

• They compare two things.

• They explain events in order.

• Sentence 1 is a cause and sentence 2 is an effect.