Pandemic Resources 2019 by Amanda Woods

Real People & Real Problems

amandaklwoods — 2019-04-15 03:08:18 UTC

https://newsela.com/read/kiribati-climate-change/id/46787/
"If this never stops, I can predict what will happen in the next five or 10 years. Developed countries that continuously enjoy competition for power among themselves will forget about smaller, vulnerable countries like Kiribati who will suffer the consequences of their greed for power."

This is a reminder that our every day actions as consumers have a large impact across the world. What ethical obligations does the developed world have to the developing world?

2019-04-16 14:29:05 UTC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic

""A pandemic (from Greek πᾶν pan "all" and δῆμος demos "people") is an epidemic of disease that has spread across a large region; for instance multiple continents, or even worldwide. This may include communicable and noncommunicable diseases.

A widespread endemic disease that is stable in terms of how many people are getting sick from it is not a pandemic. Further, flu pandemics generally exclude recurrences of seasonal flu. Throughout history, there have been a number of pandemics, such as smallpox and tuberculosis. One of the most devastating pandemics was the Black Death, which killed over 75 million people in 1350. The most recent pandemics include the HIV pandemic as well as the 1918 and 2009 H1N1 pandemics.""

This is just one pandemic now imagine 10 to 15 pandemics. this is interesting because it can k1ll so many people. It starts on one person then goes to 30, then 30 thousand, then it goes to 30 million. it can spread so much.

2019-04-16 14:42:22 UTC

https://sites.google.com/jeffcoschools.us/globalhealth2019/pandemics/station-2-discovery-experience
"The Spanish flu was the worst pandemic in history, killing 100 million people."

This interested me because it's crazy how much certain diseases can spread, and how bad it can be. 100,000,000 people is 1/10 of the Earth's population, that's a lot of people.

2019-04-16 15:20:00 UTC

"A pandemic is an outbreak of global proportions. It happens when a bacterium or novel virus becomes capable of spreading rapidly."

2019-04-16 15:20:42 UTC

"A pandemic is an outbreak of global proportions. It happens when a bacterium or novel virus becomes capable of spreading rapidly." I like this article because it not only has fun facts but it also has a few facts about pandemics that are interesting and explain a lot.

2019-04-16 15:21:04 UTC

https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/pandemic.htm
"There have been a number of significant pandemics in human history, generally zoonoses that came about with domestication of animals - such as influenza and tuberculosis."
According to this article, domesticating animals, has caused multiple diseases among humans.

pandemics are bad

2019-04-16 15:21:58 UTC

But, the viral genome alone is unlikely to provide answers to some critical questions. Understanding the 1918 pandemic and its implications for future pandemics requires careful experimentation and in-depth historical analysis.

This shows that diseases can be related to each other.

2019-04-16 15:39:41 UTC

https://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/frequently_asked_questions/pandemic/en/

"A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease."
Pandemics spread when some people get infected with a new disease, and it spreads throughout the country or the world.

2019-04-16 15:47:04 UTC

"Genetic reassortment may occur when a host cell is simultaneously infected with two influenza A viruses."

2019-04-16 16:25:21 UTC

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/148945.php

"A pandemic affects more people and can be more deadly than an epidemic. It can also lead to more social disruption, economic loss, and general hardship."
Pandemics can be very deadly and they can be bad for society and global health.

2019-04-16 16:25:38 UTC

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/148945.php
One type of pandemic is that which that can emerge when a type of influenza virus, known as the influenza A virus, changes suddenly, resulting in a virus that is different from any virus that already exists. This is called an antigenic shift.

On the surface of the virus are HA proteins and NA proteins. If one or both of these change, a new influenza A virus subtype can result.

This is an interesting quote because it tells you that there is more than one virus so that we know to be careful of this.

2019-04-16 16:41:52 UTC

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/148945.php
"A pandemic is an outbreak of global proportions. It happens when a bacterium or novel virus becomes capable of spreading rapidly."
This is how viruses spread and what happens when they spread

2019-04-16 17:42:54 UTC

https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/global-statistics

"There were approximately 36.9 million people worldwide living with HIV/🤬 in 2017. Of these, 1.8 million were children (<15 years old)."

This was interesting to me because I had no idea that HIV was so widespread and prominent. I was also surprised that children could contract the disease through their mothers childbirth, pregnancy, or breastfeeding.

2019-04-16 17:45:46 UTC

https://www.healthline.com/health/1918-flu-pandemic-facts#1

The 1918 flu spread rapidly, killing 25 million people in just the first six months. This led some to fear the end of mankind, and has long fueled the supposition that the strain of influenza was particularly lethal.
This was interesting to me based that i dint know a disease could be that deadly.

2019-04-16 17:46:43 UTC

"pandemics are badhttps://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/148945.php

But, the viral genome alone is unlikely to provide answers to some critical questions. Understanding the 1918 pandemic and its implications for future pandemics requires careful experimentation and in-depth historical analysis because if the do have any it could be harmful.''

This shows that diseases can be related to each other.

2019-04-16 17:49:41 UTC

"Participants agreed that the threat of a pandemic was of shared and significant concern for all countries, and that actions to prevent a pandemic or mitigate its
consequences were likewise a shared responsibility of all countries. " In other words, this shows how not only are pandemics a problem for some countries or States, but for the entire world. Pandemics are not known to be controlled, we need to work together to work at finding a cure for these pandemics.

2019-04-16 17:56:47 UTC

Pandemics are bad sicknesses that can make people sick or die
http://eswi.org/knowledge-center/how-do-pandemics-occur/

2019-04-16 18:07:27 UTC

"Rarely, a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus is transmitted directly from birds to humans."

I found this interesting becasue

2019-04-16 19:31:03 UTC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic

"A pandemic is an epidemic occurring on a scale which crosses international boundaries, usually affecting a large number of people.Pandemics can also occur in important agricultural organisms (livestock, crop plants, fish, tree species) or in other organisms."

This was interesting to me because I had no idea that livestock and crop plants ,fish and,tree species could end up getting sick.

2019-04-16 19:41:14 UTC

A pandemic affects more people.

2019-04-16 19:41:59 UTC

https://www.verywellhealth.com/difference-between-epidemic-and-pandemic-2615168
"Epidemiology is the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases."
This was interesting to me because I didn't know that studied all these different things about diseases.

2019-04-18 15:21:52 UTC

"A pandemic is an epidemic of disease that spread across a large region".

2019-04-18 15:32:56 UTC

Pandemics are bad

"The death toll in a pandemic is generally higher than that in an epidemic."

One of the most devastating pandemics was the Black Death, which killed over 75 million people in 1350. "

2019-04-18 15:42:02 UTC

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/148945.php

"Pandemics, on the other hand, are generally caused by novel subtypes. These subtypes have not circulated among people before."

Pandemics can be spread by many diseases and without people taking vaccines it makes some places more prone to pandemics.

2019-04-18 16:38:28 UTC

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK525302/
"Pandemics can cause economic damage through multiple channels, including short-term fiscal shocks and longer-term negative shocks to economic growth."

This explains some of the effects pandemics have on our economy.

2019-04-18 17:50:41 UTC

https://www.rwjf.org/en/blog/2013/12/the_five_deadliesto.html
Pandemics
"As much as half of Europe may have died in a span of only four years. The plague’s name comes from the black skin spots"
The Black plague was /is very deadly.

"World Health Organization estimates that each year that passes sees between 3 and 5 million new cholera cases, killing as many as 120,000 people. Untreated, it can 🤬 in a matter of hours."

"5,000 people died per day in Constantinople, the empire’s capital. By its end, about 40 percent of the city’s population was dead—so many and so quickly that bodies were left in piles—joined by about one-fourth of the eastern Mediterranean. "

2019-04-18 17:54:54 UTC

" 75% of people living with HIV "
" people living with HIV or at risk of HIV still do not have access to prevention, care, and treatment, and there is still no cure."
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