VIP Class Notes (Phil)

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Today we focused on:

discussion about medical care and COVID 19.

Vocabulary

foreign policy –

domestic policy

diplomacy

centralized system

freedom of speech

to censor, censorship – to control or edit information

rumor – information that might be true or not

official channels – government news

panic buying – people buying a lot because of fear

speculation, to speculate – to predict

source/ origin – where it comes from

clinical trials – experimental stage of a new medicine/ drug

side effects – when taking medicine some unpleasant effects

vulnerable groups – elderly, medical workers