Favour Okpah

Week of April 27, 2020

DIM
Period 5
Current Event & Five Words

1. Geriatric - relating to old age Ex: I became interested in geriatric

medicine shortly after my grandfather passed away from cancer.
2. Insatiable - cannot be satisfied Ex: A vampire’s thirst for blood is
said to be insatiable.
3. Melodramatic - extravagant or exaggerated (as of a melodrama)
Ex: The melodramatic play
was well liked by the audience.
4. Obsolete - no longer used; rare or uncommon Ex: Historians assumed record
players would be obsolete by now, but in fact they’re making a huge comeback.
5. Opine - to openly express an opinion Ex: The new employee opined at the
company meeting.

Peters, Jay. “Apple Maps Now Shows COVID-19 Testing Sites.”,

www.theverge.com/2020/4/28/21240546/apple-maps-covid-19-testing-sites-mobility-
trends. 29 Apr. 2020.
Apple Maps will now show COVID-19 testing sites in all 50 states and Puerto
Rico. If you start typing COVID-19 into the search bar, you'll also see the "COVID-19
Testing" search term appear at the top of your search bar, like what you'd see if you
started typing something like "Groceries" or "Coffee shops."
Apple's information cards for the testing sites include the site's hours, address, and
phone number, as well as a warning that "COVID-19 testing may require a doctor's
referral and an appointment at the testing center" and a link to the website of the
healthcare provider offering the test. The new testing sites in Apple Maps follow Apple
launching a web portal last week to let hospitals and healthcare providers submit their
information to be shown on Apple Maps, which was spotted by 9to5Mac. Google began
listing COVID-19 test centers in search results on April 17th, but it appears the search
company doesn't show nearly as many test centers on Google Maps as Apple does on
Apple Maps.
Apple's app shows a number of test centers in Portland, OR and in New York
City, while Google Maps didn't show any in either location, for example. The company
tells The Verge that it's working to bring testing center information to Google Maps.