Article

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7156812/

  1. This source is about how the cases spiraled aboard the Diamond Princess. The source also talks about how other countries responded to the ship. It also goes into the morality of it all. It talks about what was justified and what wasn’t.

  2. This is a secondary source, because it does not deal with first hand accounts. Someone learned the information and then wrote the article based on facts.

Article

• https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1632

  1. This article is about what the Diamond Princess showed everyone about the Corona Virus. It showed the world that transmission comes more easily in close quarters. It also showed us that older people were more at risk. People took this information and applied it to the whole world.

  2. This is a secondary source, because it is not from the first person perspective.

Article

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00885-w

  1. This article is about the severity of the virus on the Diamond Princess, how the virus got on the cruise ship, and how the ship tried to help.

  2. This is a secondary source, because it is not a first person account.

Article

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/health/diamond-princess-coronavirus-aerosol.html

   • This article hits at how scientists used the Diamond Princess to assess how Covid spread. It talks about microdroplets, and large droplets. It also talks about how ventilation could play a role.

   • This article is a secondary source, because it is an accumulation of facts. There are quotes from scientists, but the scientists didn’t live on the Diamond Princess, and they don’t talk about their own experiences with Covid-19.