Diseases and Vaccines

A rapidly spreading outbreak of disease affecting widespread regions across the world ( ex: smallpox, TB, certain flu outbreaks)

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

• Protozoa

• Bacteria

A rapidly spreading outbreak of disease affecting many large populations( example: typhoid)

• Disease

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

• Bacteria

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

One particular year influenza affect the state of Oregon in very high numbers, this would be considered a _______________.

• endemic

• pandemic

• epidemic

• superdemic

Covid-19 affected millions of people world wide, it would be considered a _______________.

• endemic

• pandemic

• epidemic

• superdemic

Malaria tends to only affect people in particular areas it would be considered ___________.

• endemic

• pandemic

• epidemic

• superdemic

How do Vaccines work?

• Hypnotise you to be invincible

• Prepare your immune system for the virus

• Poison the virus

• Infect the virus with another virus which kills the virus

What disease was the first Vaccination for?

• Cowpox

• Chickenpox

• Smallpox

• Donald Trump

A required vaccine for schools is the MMR vaccine. One of the diseases it proyects from is __________.

• Polio

• Measles

• The Flu

• Smallpox

Myth or Fact: Vaccines can give you the disease it is trying to prevent.

• Myth

• Fact

Myth or Fact: Vaccines protect the population as a whole.

• Myth

• Fact