Influenza/Pandemics/Safety

Refers to the time from exposure to an infection, to the onset of symptoms.

• Waiting Period

• Quarantine

• Isolation Period

• Incubation Period

Refers to a global epidemic or one that has spread over several countries or continents, affecting many people.

• Outbreak

• Pandemic

• Contagious

• Disease

means people have been infected with the virus in an area, including some who are not sure how or where they became infected.

• Outbreak

• Pandemic

• Contagious

• Community spread

A rapid increase in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in a specific population.

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

• Outbreak

• Wave

Carries the same definition as epidemic, but it is used for a more limited geographic area.

• Quarantine

• Contagious

• Outbreak

• Pandemic

separates and restricts movement of people who may have been exposed to a contagious disease, but do not show symptoms

• Quarantine

• Contagious

• Outbreak

• Isolation

separates those who are sick with a contagious disease from those who are not to aviod transmission

• Quarantine

• Contagious

• Outbreak

• Isolation

All of these are symptoms of the flu except:

• Fever

• Rash

• Sore Throat

• Chills

True or False: Influenza is a bacterial infection

• True

• False

This pandemic began in 1918 and was responsible for over 500,000 American casualties

• COVID 18

• Spanish Flu

• SARS

• Bird Flu