Choose two diseases/illnesses from the 20th-21st century from the slideshow and describe the similarities and differences between the two diseases/illnesses. Post your ideas on the padlet. Be specific and think outside the box! by Sadishi Thilakarathna

1567001 — 2025-04-30 18:07:00 UTC

One similarity between COVID -19 and Ebola is that places with big populations or a high population density can suffer greatly due to a faster rate of the virus spreading. One difference between COVID-19 and Ebola is that Ebola can be spread through poorly sanitized water while COVID is spread mainly through air contact.

1382782 — 2025-04-30 18:07:02 UTC

Ebola and Cholera

For both Ebola and cholera are linked together with there causes being poverty. One of the causes of both Ebola and Cholera are poor water quality in Mozambique for Cholera and the lack of access for clean water due to contamination by sewage water for Ebola.

160392_12 — 2025-04-30 18:07:04 UTC

Ebola and Cholera both had outbreaks in the early 20th century in Africa, causing significant fatalities in both instances.

10047181_2 — 2025-04-30 18:07:18 UTC

Covid-19 and Cholera both were widespread diseases, but they spread through different ways. Covid-19 was transmitted through the air which aided the spread of Covid-19 globally. On the other hand Cholera was spread through inflected water, which sometimes was contaminated by the plumbing materials.

1543512 — 2025-04-30 18:07:23 UTC

Cholera and Ebola

Cholera is caused by contaminated water and often associated with poverty and it is also a bacterial disease. Ebola is a fever virus and is also associated with poverty. Both diseases mostly impact people who live in poverty and who do not have access to clean water and proper sanitation.

2025-04-30 18:07:31 UTC

Cholera is caused by poverty which is similar to Ebola because it was also caused by poverty, spreading mainly in Africa. However, the Cholera outbreak occurred in the early 2000's whereas ebola came to be in the mid 2010's.

2025-04-30 18:07:32 UTC

COVID-19 and Alzheimer

A difference between Alzheimer and COVID-19 is the cause of them, one is caused by longevity in people and the other was caused by close contact with animals who were exposed to a strand of Corona. The similarity between these two is that they both have negatively affected the older citizens more than younger ones.

154477_9 — 2025-04-30 18:07:34 UTC

COVID-19 and Cholera

a similarity is that Both COVID-19 and Cholera are infections diseases that can spread from person to person causing outbreaks. a differeance would be COVID-19 has a variety of symptoms while cholera has one main symptom .

1372704 — 2025-04-30 18:08:46 UTC

The outbreak of Ebola and Covid-19 both led to quarantine measures due its deadly widespread of diseases.

1493721 — 2025-04-30 18:08:46 UTC

Two diseases from the 21st century that are similar and quite different are influenza (the flu) and of course, as you mentioned prior, COVID-19. Both diseases relate as in the symptoms. For example, when having contact of either disease many recipients report to feel the urge to cough, have a runny nose, sore throat, headache and a sense of fatigue. While both share their similarities, they do differ in their testing process as well as treatment. Flu A and Flu B share different treatments as well as different variants of COVID-19.

2025-04-30 18:09:43 UTC

Cholera and Ebola

A similarity is that poverty is a key factor contributing to the cause of both diseases.

A difference is that contaminated water was a direct cause of cholera while for Ebola it only made it harder to control its spread.

259580 — 2025-04-30 18:10:39 UTC

Cholera and covid 19

According to the presentation, Cholera is a bacterial disease that spreads through contaminated water, with certain countries such as Mozambique and Tanzania having a large outbreak of Cholera due to their unclean water, while covid -19 was a airborne diseases that spread through the air, and people could be easily contact it, covid was a world wide disease outbreak while cholera was often nation wide.

1537494 — 2025-04-30 18:10:47 UTC

Ebola and Choleras are similar in the way that the spread of both diseases is directly linked to poverty because a lack of sanitation and clean water. A difference between both Ebola and Choleras is the way its spread is different where Choleras more due to unclean water where for Ebola it was not the only cause but made the disease much more difficult to contain.

2025-04-30 18:12:15 UTC

Both Cholera & Ebola struck African nations in the early 21st century. Both are caused by contaminated water systems and lack of proper sewage treatment - these issues have been corrected in developed nations; therefore, both disease are related to poverty in developing nations.

2025-04-30 18:13:52 UTC

Two diseases from the 20th-21st century were the Ebola virus and cholera virus. One Similarity between diseases is the increased spread through poverty.

difference- ebola spread more through fevers and

cholera spread more through contaminated water