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!
True or False:
long-term meditation can slow down and prevent neurodegenerative diseases as well as decrease blood pressure
True!
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 way to prevent COVID-19?
Vaccination
What is the main goal of a vaccine?
To eradicate (get rid of) the illness it is targeted towards
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 deadliest virus of the 20th century
the Spanish flu
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 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
what did the plague doctors masks resemble and what was its purpose/what was the front filled with?
the doctors masks resembled a crow/raven with it's purpose to protect from the "bad air" aka the virus, these masks were filled with flowers and pleasant smells.
what was the first vaccine created for?
the smallpox virus
True or False:
The first successful brain surgeries were in 7000BCE
True!
there have been signs of successful brain surgery from many ancient Inca and Mayan civilizations skulls
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
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