Mitigation Of Pandemics

Question 1

(Reducing impacts) gov plans for students during the H1N1 pandemic

Answer 1

Plans for students to sit alternative assessments instead of exams to stop children being disadvantaged

Question 2

(Reducing impacts) vaccines during the H1N1 pandemic

Answer 2

95% effectiveness- limited among elderly as most already had immunity

Question 3

(Reducing impacts) HIV/AIDS

Answer 3

2010 Equality Act made it illegal to discriminate based on HIV status

Less than 1% of ppl with HIV died from it in UK

96% of diagnosed recieve treatment

Question 4

(Reducing impacts) COVID 19

Answer 4

To reduce impact it had on fatalities across the globe there were travel restrictions which caused the collapse of tourism

In the first 9 months of the pandemic, income generated by work dropped by 10.7%

Question 5

(Reducing prevalence) H1N1

Answer 5

‘Catch it, bin it, kill it’ slogan used widely

In June 2009 the gov had enough anti viral drugs for 50% of pop

Question 6

(Reducing prevalence) HIV

Answer 6

Ineffective at reducing prevalence as cases peaked decades after it first came to UK (2005)

Access to pre exposure prophylaxis (prevent HIV) limited to high risk people

Question 7

(Reducing prevalence/ eradication) COVID 19

Answer 7

Ineffective- zero covid strategies like social distancing caused a drop in cases but did not eradicate it

90% of immunologists think it will become endemic

4th highest cases worldwide