GEOL200 questions with complete
answers 2025.
1. The pandemic has put NHS under immense pressure - since the start of the pandemic there
has been 19.2 million positive cases, considering that there are 67 million people living in the
UK and more than 160 thousand deaths. However after all measures taken into action
2. Lockdown measures - use of lockdown to reduce transmission, first one from 23 March with
restrictions easing from 10 May, second one from 5 November to 2 December 2020 and third
from January to March 2021
3. Public Health Warning - use of news channels to get message out about social distancing,
hand washing, mask wearing
4. Strict rules - could discuss specific rules, e.g. Rule of 6 people in gatherings, social bubbles,
10pm Curfew, tier system
5. Track and trace - aims to control the spread of COVID-19, The government's Scientific
Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has recommended that at least 80% of close contacts
of positive cases must be - ANSWER: How has the UK responded to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Do you think it has been effective in reducing the number of cases seen in the UK? Why do you
think the outcomes have been vastly different in other countries? (7)
1. Some countries have dealt with pandemic better than others. Lockdowns were imposed at
different times, various strategies were considered, and restrictions varied in severity from
government to government.
2. As it stands, 60.7% of the world's population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19
vaccine, and 54% is fully vaccinated. Although this is great news, unfortunately, only 9.8% of
people in low-income countries have received at least one dose.
3. Closing local borders - shutting borders in countries early on and for long enough has proven
effective in reducing case load. (Taiwan)as of this week, Taiwan has registered just 443 cases
and seven casualties.
after quickly closing its borders and banning exports of surgical masks, the government used
contact tracing and mobile Sim-tracking to identify and ensure those in quarantine were actually
abiding by the rules. Singapore
Australia, New Zealand as examp - ANSWER: Why do you think the outcomes have been vastly
different in other countries? Covid1
, The first case of Omicron was announced on 24 November by South Africa. - ANSWER: What
is Omicron?
1. Impact on healthcare staff. additional burdens placed on healthcare staff. plans for additional
funding must take account of the need for sufficient numbers of staff to provide these services
2. The surge in Covid-19-related treatment has also affected care for other illnesses. Elective
procedures being postponed for longer than usual.
3. Impact on non-COVID patients with other illnesses.
4. Impact on COVID patients with comorbities, having long-lasting complications from COVID.
Their family being severely traumatised by not being able to say goodbye to their loved ones. -
ANSWER: Discuss the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the delivery of
healthcare services in the UK?
Unlike a normal vaccine, RNA vaccines work by introducing an mRNA sequence (the molecule
which tells cells what to build) which is coded for a disease specific antigen, once produced
within the body, the antigen is recognised by the immune system, preparing it to fight the real
thing - ANSWER: What is RNA vaccine?
1. Covid passports are a way of proving that a person has been vaccinated against (or in some
cases recovered from or tested negative for) Covid-19. They have also been described as
"vaccine passports" and "immunity certificates", while the UK government calls them "COVID
status certification". State the importance
2. A vaccine certificate for travel, the NHS COVID Pass, was introduced in England on 17 May
2021.
3. Go through medical pillars
4. I believe that every person needs to have a proof, either natural immunity, pcr lateral flow
test, alongside. I think that some people knowing that covid passport is mandatory, they would
be less likely to get vaccinated. - ANSWER: The importance of covid passport. Should it be
compulsory?
- ANSWER: Examples from Long term NHS plan, set out in 2019?
Health and Social Care (HSC) (Irish: Sláinte agus Cúram Sóisialta, [ˈsˠlaːnʲtʲəˈaɡəsˠˈkuːɾˠəmˠ
ˈsˠoːʃiəlt̪ ˠə]) is the publicly funded healthcare system in Northern Ireland. Although having been
created separately to the National Health Service (NHS),[1] it is nonetheless considered a part
of the overall national health service in the United Kingdom. The Northern Ireland Executive
through its Department of Health is responsible for its funding, while the Public Health Agency is
the executive agency responsible for the provision of public health and social care services
across Northern Ireland. It is free of charge to all citizens of Northern Ireland and the rest of the
United Kingdom. - ANSWER: Healthcare across UK: NHS in England and NI
1. On average in the UK, people living in predominantly rural areas have a two-year longer life
expectancy and rate their wellbeing as slightly higher than those in predominantly urban areas.
answers 2025.
1. The pandemic has put NHS under immense pressure - since the start of the pandemic there
has been 19.2 million positive cases, considering that there are 67 million people living in the
UK and more than 160 thousand deaths. However after all measures taken into action
2. Lockdown measures - use of lockdown to reduce transmission, first one from 23 March with
restrictions easing from 10 May, second one from 5 November to 2 December 2020 and third
from January to March 2021
3. Public Health Warning - use of news channels to get message out about social distancing,
hand washing, mask wearing
4. Strict rules - could discuss specific rules, e.g. Rule of 6 people in gatherings, social bubbles,
10pm Curfew, tier system
5. Track and trace - aims to control the spread of COVID-19, The government's Scientific
Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has recommended that at least 80% of close contacts
of positive cases must be - ANSWER: How has the UK responded to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Do you think it has been effective in reducing the number of cases seen in the UK? Why do you
think the outcomes have been vastly different in other countries? (7)
1. Some countries have dealt with pandemic better than others. Lockdowns were imposed at
different times, various strategies were considered, and restrictions varied in severity from
government to government.
2. As it stands, 60.7% of the world's population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19
vaccine, and 54% is fully vaccinated. Although this is great news, unfortunately, only 9.8% of
people in low-income countries have received at least one dose.
3. Closing local borders - shutting borders in countries early on and for long enough has proven
effective in reducing case load. (Taiwan)as of this week, Taiwan has registered just 443 cases
and seven casualties.
after quickly closing its borders and banning exports of surgical masks, the government used
contact tracing and mobile Sim-tracking to identify and ensure those in quarantine were actually
abiding by the rules. Singapore
Australia, New Zealand as examp - ANSWER: Why do you think the outcomes have been vastly
different in other countries? Covid1
, The first case of Omicron was announced on 24 November by South Africa. - ANSWER: What
is Omicron?
1. Impact on healthcare staff. additional burdens placed on healthcare staff. plans for additional
funding must take account of the need for sufficient numbers of staff to provide these services
2. The surge in Covid-19-related treatment has also affected care for other illnesses. Elective
procedures being postponed for longer than usual.
3. Impact on non-COVID patients with other illnesses.
4. Impact on COVID patients with comorbities, having long-lasting complications from COVID.
Their family being severely traumatised by not being able to say goodbye to their loved ones. -
ANSWER: Discuss the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the delivery of
healthcare services in the UK?
Unlike a normal vaccine, RNA vaccines work by introducing an mRNA sequence (the molecule
which tells cells what to build) which is coded for a disease specific antigen, once produced
within the body, the antigen is recognised by the immune system, preparing it to fight the real
thing - ANSWER: What is RNA vaccine?
1. Covid passports are a way of proving that a person has been vaccinated against (or in some
cases recovered from or tested negative for) Covid-19. They have also been described as
"vaccine passports" and "immunity certificates", while the UK government calls them "COVID
status certification". State the importance
2. A vaccine certificate for travel, the NHS COVID Pass, was introduced in England on 17 May
2021.
3. Go through medical pillars
4. I believe that every person needs to have a proof, either natural immunity, pcr lateral flow
test, alongside. I think that some people knowing that covid passport is mandatory, they would
be less likely to get vaccinated. - ANSWER: The importance of covid passport. Should it be
compulsory?
- ANSWER: Examples from Long term NHS plan, set out in 2019?
Health and Social Care (HSC) (Irish: Sláinte agus Cúram Sóisialta, [ˈsˠlaːnʲtʲəˈaɡəsˠˈkuːɾˠəmˠ
ˈsˠoːʃiəlt̪ ˠə]) is the publicly funded healthcare system in Northern Ireland. Although having been
created separately to the National Health Service (NHS),[1] it is nonetheless considered a part
of the overall national health service in the United Kingdom. The Northern Ireland Executive
through its Department of Health is responsible for its funding, while the Public Health Agency is
the executive agency responsible for the provision of public health and social care services
across Northern Ireland. It is free of charge to all citizens of Northern Ireland and the rest of the
United Kingdom. - ANSWER: Healthcare across UK: NHS in England and NI
1. On average in the UK, people living in predominantly rural areas have a two-year longer life
expectancy and rate their wellbeing as slightly higher than those in predominantly urban areas.
