Identifying Local Opportunities

Identifying Local Opportunities - 5A

Article One:

·      “30 Student, 3 Teachers in South Florida Return to School After Coronavirus Scare” by Michelle Marchante on January 30, 2020

·      https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article239789388.html

·      The article describes how 30 students and 3 teachers from a school in Palm Beach County took a trip to Yale University. They were there for the weekend for Yale’s Model United Nations conference, but their trip was cut short when Yale found out that a high school student from China was showing symptoms of the coronavirus. The Chinese student was sent to the hospital and tested positive for influenza, not the coronavirus. The 30 students and 3 teachers who returned from Yale were asked to stay home while the CDC ran tests on the student from China.

·      The problem is the coronavirus outbreak. Many people are taking cautions so this deadly if not treated in time virus doesn’t spread.

·      The people who have this problem in the article are the staff, students, and visitors at Yale. The 33 students and teachers who visited Yale. The families of the students and teachers who visited Yale.

Article Two:

·      “Flax Seed Fiber Sold Nationwide, Including Walmart in 23 States, Recalled for Salmonella” by David J. Neal on January 31, 2020

·      https://www.miamiherald.com/living/health-fitness/article239821023.html

·      The article describes that the bran Salud Natural uses Senna leaves powder in their flax seed products. The FDA tested the Senna leaves they use and found three different strands of Salmonella. The flax seed product has been recalled, but Walmart sells this product in 23 states. To fix their salmonella problem, the company has started to use different Senna leaves in their product.

·      The problem is that people are more likely to get Salmonella from this product because the company was not careful with testing the ingredients they use. It could be detrimental to peoples’ health.

·      The people who have this problem are avid users of this product. The product is only sold in 23 states, so the people who live in these places are more likely to have this problem. Additionally, the article mentions that the most vulnerable people to this Salmonella problem are children under 5 years of age, senior citizens, and people with damaged immune systems.

Article Three:

·      “Another 165,000 Infant Sleepers Over Four Brands Recalled in response to Infant Deaths” by David J. Neal on January 30, 2020

·      https://www.miamiherald.com/living/article239799403.html

·      The article states that in recent times, infant deaths have become more common in specific types of infant sleepers. Most commonly, the inclined sleep products. The infants roll onto their stomach or on their side and aren’t able to flip onto their backs, causing them to suffocate. While deaths haven’t been associated with the infant sleepers in the article, companies are still recalling a total of 165,000 sleepers from the market for fear of their brand name being tarnished.

·      The problem is that infants are dying due to faulty infant sleepers and not being watched by their parents. Companies are having to pull their products for fear of infant death and lose their revenue.

·      The people who have this problem are the companies, the manufacturers, and the parents of infants who are in need of sleepers or who have lost an infant to a sleeper.

Article Four:

·      “Downtown Pays for Look at Closing Some Biscayne Boulevard Lanes” by Catherine Lackner on January 28, 2020

·      https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2020/01/28/downtown-pays-for-look-at-closing-some-biscayne-boulevard-lanes/

·      The article describes that Miami’s Downtown Development Authority wants to make “Biscayne Green Week”. This “Green Week” involves transforming parking lots into creative areas, with picnic benches, playgrounds, a dog park and also creating sitting areas, green spaces, art installations, a place for live performances, and other attractions. The author notes that this demonstration attracted almost 17,000 people to the area. In creating this “Biscayne Green”, the Miami Downtown Development Authority considers closing two traffic lanes and over 100 parking spaces on Biscayne. The Miami Parking Authority is expected to lose $1.5 million from the removed parking spaces. The traffic in the area will be higher than it already is, causing people to be late or aggravated.

·      The problem here is that lanes will be closing, parking spaces will be removed, and already horrid traffic in this Miami area will boom.

·      The people who have this problem are the people who commute to work along this road. The people who park in the 100+ parking spaces that are being removed (and not replaced). And visiting this area is meant to be fun because of the “Biscayne Green Week”, but visitors will be frustrated with the amount of traffic in the area.

Article Five:

·      “Florida Faces Potentially Crippling Nursing Shortage” by Catherine Lackner on January 07, 2020

·      https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2020/01/07/florida-faces-potentially-crippling-nursing-shortage/

·      The article introduces statistics from the Florida Center for Nursing, saying that Florida will face a registered nurse shortage by 2025. They also explain that this shortage could cause our healthcare system to cripple. The author describes that there is a shortage of experienced nurses, and nurses in specialized departments. Facing the biggest crisis is the shortage of nurses in nursing homes. As a solution, some hospitals are hiring newly graduated nurses and training them in some of the specialized departments.

·      The problem is that there is a shortage of nurses in Florida. The specific problem is that nurses in nursing homes and other specialized s=departments are sparse. People will not be able to get the help they need, and the nurses that are currently in the position need more help than they’re getting.

·      The people with the problem are Florida residents, current nurses, hospital staff, people placed in these departments with nobody to look after them; specifically, older people in nursing homes with no nurses to take care of them.