General
What is the name of the disease that was found in horses in Australia in the 1990s?
Hendra
True or false: You should believe everything you read if it claims to be “based on science”?
False! Alway be skeptical of the articles you read and their sources.
What is the largest predictor of attitudes and behaviors towards COVID-19?
Partisanship/political party affiliation.
Can pandemics be prevented according to Quammen?
What is estimated to be the average annual economic loss of global GDP, according toEconomists?
.07%
What is a Zoonotic Disease?
Diseases or infections that are naturally transmissible from animals to humans.
Has there been an upward trend for the promotion of health and hygiene practices like mask wearing and hand washing?
Yes! Many organizations, businesses, and individuals have shown positive support and practice of good hygiene.
What political party tends to want stricter regulations to control pandemics?
Democrats
True or False: The Bubonic Plague resulted in one pandemic that spread in the Middle Ages.
False! The Bubonic Plague was responsible for multiple pandemics and epidemics over the course of the last 2000 years.
What business sectors were most affected by the SARS outbreak in China?
Retail and Industrial
What was the last "Big One?"
HIV-AIDS
What is the difference between disinformation and misinformation?
Disinformation is intentionally spreading false/misleading information and misinformation is unintentionally spreading false/misleading information
What country successfully mitigated the SARS pandemic through the use of strict regulations?
Singapore.
The 1370's in Venice, during the "Black Death."
The H1N1 Influenza outbreak in Mexico caused what export to significantly decline?
Pork
What is one of the three major ways a pathogen is released from a reservoir host (animal)?
excretion (fecale waste or shedding), slaughter (animal is harvested for food), OR vector transmission (bite from an insect)
Based on the Irish study mentioned in the presentation, are humans more likely to engage in certain behaviors after reading media promotions of that behavior?
Yes! While research is still being conducted on the subject, there is evidence pointing to behavioral tendencies being influenced by media articles and information.
What problems can arise from politicians' involvement in disease emergence?
Lack of coordination from different parties, desire to serve personal interests/own agenda
Where is it hypothesized that the Spanish Influenza originated?
Etables, a British Army Base in Northern France.
What economic concept is relevant when explaining the effects of infectious disease outbreaks?
Supply and Demand
How do viral diseases/zoonosis impact the population scale of biology?
Once a single human is infected, spreads quickly through population, causing lots of death and other societal problems.
Ideally, what can digitized and universalized scientific information do to help the population during a pandemic?
It can reduce the probability of contracting a disease by promoting safety measures (social distancing & handwashing) AND can expedite the sharing of disease and vaccine information across global communities
What is one measure governments took against animals to stop disease spread?
Extermination of pigs, regulations for wildlife markets, examination of horses.
What year did reports of a deadly respiratory illness in World War 1 soldiers begin?
1916
By how much is international tourist arrivals down by, globally, due to covid-19?
65%