Standard 5 Notes

Question 1

Outbreak

Answer 1

Happens when a disease occurs in greater numbers than expected in a community or region durring a season

(lasts from a couple of days to years)

Question 2

Example of an Outbreak

Answer 2

• Influenza

Question 3

Epidemic

Answer 3

Occurs when an infectious disease spreads rapidly to many people

Question 4

Example of an Epidemic

Answer 4

• SARS ( Severe Acute Respritory Syndrome )

Question 5

Endemic

Answer 5

When that infection is constantly maintained at a baseline level of a geographic area without external inputs

Question 6

Example of an Endemic

Answer 6

Chicken Pox virus in the UK

Question 7

Pandemic

Answer 7

A global Disease Outbreak

Question 8

Example of a Pandemic

Answer 8

• HIV / AIDS
• Spanish Influenza (1918)
  {Killed 40-50 Million people}

Covid 19

Question 9

Correlation vs Causation

Answer 9

Correlation - People are eating oranges and people are dying of lead poisoning (neither of these are connected past them being similar

Causation - People are eating Tomates on top of metal plates, and its causing more people to die of metal poisoning

Question 10

Ultimate Goal

Answer 10

We want to eliminate the MODE OF TRANSMISSION to “help” stop the spread