A Posititve Discourse Analysis of Mr. Johnson’s Opening Statement During the Pandemic of Covid-19 In

The present study aims at investigating the positive side of Mr. Johnson, the Prime Minister of Britain, during the opening statement of COVID-19. Particularly, it sheds light on the positive constructions that that are employed by Mr. Johnson at three stages: the description, interpretation and explanation. The data in question are analysed descriptively and statistically. It is found that the active voice and the lexical verbs are mostly used in the description stage;the directive, expressive and declarative speech acts are equally used in the interpretation stage. It is concluded that the positive message are appropriately achieved via using the active voice, verbs, the expressive, declarative and directive speech acts in Mr. Johnson’s discourse. © 2022, Association Res Militaris. All rights reserved.

The role of influenza vaccination in the COVID-19 infection: Impact on incidence and severity in Iraq

Influenza vaccine was found to have cross-protective effects against heterologous illnesses, so the role of the influenza vaccination in COVID-19 infection is examined. A total of 1475 participants were separated into 2 groups: 194 individuals who got the influenza vaccination and 1,281 that did not. A comparison of positive COVID-19 testing was the primary outcome. From the two groups, 52 patients who got the influenza vaccination and 50 patients who did not get the vaccination were selected to predict the severity of the COVID-19 infection. The results showed that 13.15% of the participants received the influenza vaccine and no significant difference in the COVID-19 infection rates between the two groups was noted (odds ratio = 1.20, 95% CI = 0.890–1.630, p-value ≤ 0.05). In the vaccinated group, outcomes determined a nonsignificant decrease in the infected odds compared to noninfected, while a significant decrease was shown in the unvaccinated group. Finally, only 1 out of 52 patients (1.9%) in the vaccinated group required oxygen therapy or hospitalization versus 9 out of 50 patients (18%) in the unvaccinated group (odds ratio = 0.08, 95% CI = 0.01–0.7, p-value ≤ 0.05). Influenza vaccination could be linked to better clinical outcomes and a lower COVID-19 severity score, without significant effect on the infection rate. © 2022. Ahmed Mohammed Taqi Al Mosawi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).