Following each question answer the question below and include 2 other sources. I have included the material from class.
1. What is the nature of an epidemic?
Historically in a specific context what
measures have been taken in response?
Material
from class: Unable to load to this site and https://www.etymonline.com/word/epidemic
2.
What was the ‘transatlantic exchange’ and to what degree was the
devastation of native peoples accidental? Which disease was most
devastating?
3.
How do the Plagues of Galen & Cyprian (2nd & 3rd Century),
Great Plague (14th Century) and cholera outbreaks in the 19th compare in impact, spread and social response?
4.
How does stigma play a role in epidemics? To what extent has HIV
impacted minority communities?
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hiv-aids
https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/hiv/stats/2020/index.html
5.
How did cultural practices impact the spread of Ebola?
What is the experience of an Ebola patient
socially (with or without treatment)?
Material
from Class: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2014/09/17/349256514/the-insights-of-an-ebola-doctor-who-became-a-patient
6.
COVID-19: Looking at age and sex distributions (worldometer),
where is greatest risk?
a.
What are key determinants of mortality risk? Does school
policy reflect risk?
b.
Do you have a theory on the difference between males and females
in mortality patterns (sex ratio)?
c.
How does vaccine development for COVID-19 compare in speed to
others?
d.
What origin and treatment controversies have arisen and why?
Material from class: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/worldwide-graphs/
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/
