Viruses
True or False:
Viruses are spread by close contact with the infected
True!
True or False:
Vaccines prevent illness from spreading through the public
True!
What direction is the colour yellow and represented by the sun/ fire?
East.
True or False:
the treatment for diabetes (insulin) was discovered in 1843
False!
insulin was not discovered as a treatment for diabetes until 1921
True or False:
COVID-19 is eradicated
False!
There are still many strains still passing around today
what is the best ways to prevent COVID-19?
Vaccination, proper hand washing, distancing from infected people
What is the main goal of a vaccine?
To train the body into knowing how to fight off a certain illness
What is the idea behind traditional medicine?
It uses natural remedies and knowledge that is passed down to treat your whole body.
What is the main goal of western medicine?
to prevent the spread of disease, and help soothe symptom's.
what epidemic influenced extreme rates of homophobia in the 1980's
the HIV/AIDS epidemic
What was the name of the pandemic where a virus attacked the T cells in the immune system?
The HIV/AIDS pandemic
who are the 3 most vulnerable groups of people to illness that vaccines can help to protect them from.
Elderly, infants/young children, & People with compromised immune systems (cancer, autoimmune disorders, diabetes, etc...)
What does each section on the medicine wheel mean?
Direction, colour, element and a part of body it focuses on.
what is the modern acronym for treating inflammation?
R.I.C.E. (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation)
the spread of COVID-19 was worsened by...
global travel and improper quarantining/not following regulations
How many people have died from Covid-19?
7 million
what was the first vaccine created for?
the smallpox virus
What was Aspirin first made of?
Willow Bark
What are two of the greatest medical achievements?
Anesthesia, antibiotics, vaccines and x-rays
what year did the outbreak of the spanish flu begin?
1918
is there a cure for HIV/AIDS?
No, unfortunately there is no cure yet.
who created the first vaccine? and what year was it?
Edward Jenner - 1796
Why is a medicine wheel a circle?
It represents the circle of life, self-awareness, and knowledge
Alexander Flemming discovered penicillin, the first popular anti-biotic, in what year?
1928
True or False:
The Bubonic plague/Black death still existed into the 20th Century
True!
there was an outbreak in San Francisco 1900-1904