You are free to use any literature you may need to aid in your response. If you do use any literature, please reference at the end. This is a methodology question. Specify what scientific method you would use to solve the problem. No background information is required.

Scenario: COVID-19 has brought the world to a halt. The virulence of the disease can be felt at every corner of the globe. You are the head of the Research & Development of a very well know, well respected institution, doing your part in trying to stem the effects of this disease. There is a new drug named MLT which has been showing much promise is other countries. It could offer a cure for the disease.

The director of your institution has charged you with the challenge of testing the efficacy of this new drug. Your institution is funding your entire project fully and they have already consented 200 volunteer patients that have been hospitalized due to the virus.
What methods would you use to test the efficacy of this new drug on these volunteer patients

2. Discus what you would use as controls.

3. Discuss what ethical implications you will need to consider.

4. What measure would you use to assess recovery, eg Temperature, mobility, breathing capacity. Be specific.

This assignment is based on a collection of data from the CIA World Report website listed at the Blackboard site under Assignments.

Briefly, you are selecting: one developing or under-developed nation, and one developed nation and contrasting specific characteristics of the two nations you selected with the USA.

You will then write about what you discovered after creating a data table of specific demographics and other information.

The last part is writing a reflection consisting of  your reaction to what you learned by exploring the CIA World Report website and assessing the quality of life in each of the three nations and contrasting the nations characteristics.

The category, Assignments, contains detailed instructions about this assignment.  The paper should be about 5-6 pages in length and double-spaced. Include in your bibliography the sources you used, e.g. CIA World Report website, World Bank website, etc. You are to upload your paper to the Blackboard site by its due date.