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The coronavirus is killing far more men than women - an article from The Washington Post (adapted )

Chris Mooney, Sarah Kaplan, Min Joo Kim

With over 200,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases worldwide and thousands of deaths, a striking pattern is appearing in the hardest-hit countries: more men are dying than women.

Nowhere is this trend more pronounced than in Italy. Men make up nearly 60 percent of people with confirmed cases of the virus and more than 70 percent of those who have died of COVID-19.

On the other end of the spectrum is South Korea, where about 61 percent of confirmed infections have been in women. Though far fewer patients have died, the majority of fatalities — 54 percent —- were again men.

Exactly what makes a group vulnerable — and how to protect them — has experts “mystified.”

The outbreak of covid-19 in Italy is the deadliest in the world.

Italy’s aging population is probably particularly susceptible to the disease, researchers say.

“The honest truth is that today we don’t know why covid-19 is more severe for men than women or why the magnitude of the difference is greater in Italy than China,” said Sabra Klein, a professor at Johns Hopkins’s Bloomberg School of Public Health. “What we do know is that in addition to older age, being male is a risk factor for severe outcome and the public should be made aware.”

Men also drink and smoke more in all of these countries, particularly in China, where 48 percent of men above 15 smoke, compared with just 2 percent of women, according to the WHO. Probably not coincidentally, men in these countries also tend to die more frequently from heart disease, cancer, diabetes and respiratory diseases between ages 30 and 70.

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striking –

pattern –

trend –

pronounced –

spectrum –

vulnerable –

mystified -

susceptible –

magnitude –

WHO –

respiratory –

Answer the following questions:

Which gender (sex) is more affected by the Coronavirus?

Where is this trend best seen?

What was the situation in South Korea like?

Why are there most fatalities in Italy?

What bad habits have men in severely struck countries formed?

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Sven's mindmap about the Corona virus

Week - 16 - 20 March

Please, read the article and answer the questions below.

Check the meaning of certain words in an online dictionary and make a mind map - THE CORONA VIRUS

Coronavirus could weaken climate change action and hit clean energy investment, researchers warn

PUBLISHED FRI, MAR 13 20202:32 PM EDT

Emma Newburger @EMMA_NEWBURGER

· The coronavirus pandemic has stoked concerns of a global economic recession as it spreads across the world, igniting one of the sharpest oil price plummets in the last 30 years and causing the biggest stock plunge on Wall Street since the stock market crash in 1987.

· While the crisis has led to a temporary decline in global carbon dioxide emissions, experts are warning it poses a serious threat to long-term climate change action by compromising global investments in clean energy and weakening industry environmental goals to reduce emissions.

· The International Energy Agency, or IEA, has warned the virus outbreak will likely undermine clean energy investment and is urging governments to offer economic stimulus packages that invest in clean energy technologies.

· “If the lesson learned is, let’s get back to the status quo ante, then [the virus] probably will slow down the energy transition,” author and climate activist Bill McKibben told CNBC.

· “If the lesson learned is, you have to take the physical world and its risks seriously, it could make governments more likely to move fast — especially since interest rates in much of the world are now effectively zero,” he said.

· Leading clean-energy analyst BloombergNEF has already cut its forecast for global solar demand this year as policymakers and corporations focus on short-term economic stimulus measures instead of long-term clean technology.

· “If the global economy crashes, emissions will drop short term as we produce fewer goods, but climate action will slow.“If companies are hurting, they may delay or even cancel climate-friendly policies that require investments up front.”

· Airlines, for example, have seen a dramatic decline in air travel and emissions in the short term as the virus spreads.

· While demand will likely bounce back after the worst of the pandemic is over and people return to flying, the industry has cited financial turmoil from the virus as a reason to weaken or delay environmental programs in place to reduce emissions. Aviation accounts for 2% to 3% of global carbon emissions.

This article was taken from https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-could-weaken-climate-change-action-hit-clean-energy.html and adapted.

1. Check the meaning of the following words in an online dictionary (give the translation in Croatian, and, if possible an explanation in English):

· To weaken – oslabiti; to make something less strong

· researcher –

· pandemic –

· to stoke –

· concern –

· recession –

· to ignite –

· to plummet –

· plunge –

· stock market –