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Spread of Infectious Diseases
Virus Simulation
Write a one liner summarizing what happened with the simulation.
How diseases Spread
Vector Borne– Through mosquitos, flies, rats
Common Vehicle– Contaminated items – Food, water & equipment
How Diseases Spread
Droplets– Coughing, sneezing & talking
Contact– Person to person
Airborne
HOW ARE DISEASES SPREAD?
Epidemics
An outbreak of a disease that affects many people in a confined regionExamples:– Bubonic Plague– Smallpox
WHAT IS AN EPIDEMIC?
Pandemic
Outbreak of disease that affects a large number of people in a number of countriesExamples– Spanish Flu of 1918– HIV/AIDS– Swine Flu
Pandemic
Examine the infographicCompare & Contrast 2 Pandemics by filling in a venn diagramBe prepared to discuss
WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PANDEMIC?
Curbing the Spread of Disease
Quarantine– Identifying the contaminated people
& separating them– Are rarely used today– Drawbacks
• identifying all the sick people• not all sick people show symptoms• Doesn’t block all ways of spreading
germs
Curbing the Spread of Disease
Your Immune System
Controlling Vectors– Ex. Spraying mosquitos to control
Malaria
Sanitation– Keeping food, water & environment
clean
Curbing the Spread of Disease
Antiseptics– chemicals that kill germs– Used to sterilize medical tools
Washing Hands
IDENTIFY WAYS TO CURB THE SPREAD OF DISEASE?
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO ME?
What if it Happened?
What if?While viewing the video, write 5 ideas/facts/thoughts
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