Food Options at HCHS

There has been a common complaint lately about how Kosher Food is not served at lunch at HCHS. This is an issue because the religion of Judaism has certain restrictions on what they are allowed to eat and HCHS does not provide many foods that follow those restrictions, not providing these kids with a nice lunch. However, there are many options and recipes that can help this situation. First, let's go over the rules. Kosher food includes all food products that conform to Jewish Law. This includes no mix of dairy and meat, no pork/pork products, and no shellfish. However, the main issue lies in the rules of the meat. Jewish ritual states that the meat eaten must be slaughtered. Jews also cannot eat meat that comes from any animal that does not both chew its cud and has a split hoof. Some of these animals include pigs, horses, dogs/cats, and rabbi/hare. These rules give us some ideas of options that can help, however I believe that the best, most effective way to solve this problem is by making sure that at least some meat comes from these animals. Maybe their could be two parts to the cafeteria or two options of the school lunch each day, one that follows the Judaism restrictions and one that doesn't. Some side dishes could include unleavened bread or apples dipped in honey since they are eaten during Jewish holidays, Passover and the Jewish New Year. I believe that making these and possibly more changes could truly solve this issue and make sure that every kid at HCHS has a nice and healthy meal during their school day.

Nigerian Scientists Discover New Covid-19 Test

Title - Nigerian Scientists Discover New Covid-19 Test 

Summary - Covid-19 has been an ongoing problem for many months now. It has the world more careful than ever as the virus spreads. When someone receives a symptom, they go get a Covid-19 test to see whether they are positive or negative. These are usually a decent amount of money and take hours or even days for the results. Hospitals do not give any treatment to anyone who does not for sure have the virus, causing many to have to wait for the results and get even worse. This also causes them to spread it to more people since they would not know whether or not they have the virus until they receive their results, most of the time days later. However recently, Nigerian scientists have developed a new way to test people for Covid-19 with many more benefits than the tests we have been using. This test is more affordable, allowing more people to get tested and get better. This test also provides quicker results, allowing people who do have the virus to get treated faster and causing the virus to not spread as quick. Lastly, the test is easy to use and easily transportable, allowing more people to test themselves and allowing more people who live in far and remote areas to get tested and possibly treated as well. 

Analysis - I feel that this information shows me how much the involvement of every nation can allow world-wide problems to get solved quicker. Rather than fighting to get to the top or to be the “better country”, I think that working together and everyone getting involved is the only way to solve future issues and Africa has demonstrated this. I believe that this is a huge step in solving our Covid-19 problem and our rates will soon go down since more people will get tested and treated. 

Discussion Question - What do you think that the best way to solve Covid-19 is, keep it as it is going or make changes?