Flor Virginia Rincon- Five Step Critical Analysis Process

1. Description: The arthritis drug tocilizumab can reduce the number of deaths due to COVID-19. The article backs up this claim by including the link to the research that was conducted to prove this is is true. There is also mentioning of experts on the topic and the NHS doctors that say that this is a fact. One woman who was part of the clinical trial was interviewed and gave her testimony saying that she was about to placed in the ICU, but was not because tocilizumab helped to stabilize her condition. There were also experts that were interviewed such as the joint chief investigator of the RECOVERY trial and medical expert at Oxford, Professor Martin Landray, an intensive care medic in Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, Dr. Charlotte Summers, and Health and Social Care Secretary, Matt Hancock. That there are so many professional sources makes this a credible source and also the fact that the reporter was always objective. 

2. Analysis: A trend that is seen in this article is the use of people involved in the medical word giving their opinion on the use of the drug tocilizumab to reduce the effects of COVID-19. The quotes that are used in the article are all instances where these experts can be seen praising the use of this drug. The reporter uses objective language in order to make this source more credible to the reader.

3. Interpretation: By interviewing these people that are deemed as reliable due to their connection to the medical world the reporter is asserting their credibility. The reporter uses quotes that talk wonderfully about the drug, talking about the use of this drug at a worldwide level when in fact the preliminary trial results have not been peer-reviewed, which is only briefly mentioned. These quotes make the reader undermine this detail. The use of objective language makes the reporter seem extremely professional and unbiased.

4. Evaluation: In this article the drug tocilizumab is being used to treat COVID-19 and this gives hope to people during this pandemic, that if they do get COVID-19 then the effects will be decreased and they will be able to survive. This is a reliable source because of all of the evidence that is shown in the article where readers are able to see by themselves that the claims being made are backed up bu evidence.

5. Engagement: There could be a forum where people who have used this drug in order to treat COVID-19 can write about their experience on how this went. If they felt that the drug really helped lessen the effects of the coronavirus or if they think that it did not help. They could give their own opinion giving people a first account of what happened to them, so that people will feel more secure using the drug.