After reading Chapter 7, please watch the videos below. Please comment on three concepts that you learned from your video(s) of choice.

To do well on this assignment, you need to:

1. Watch all four videos.
2. Comment on three concepts you learned from the video of your choice.
3. Please identify which video you are discussing.
4. Proofread your work to ensure it is clear, concise, focused, and structured.

Students find that they can typically answer this prompt in a few paragraphs.

The 1918 Pandemic: The Deadliest Flu in History

and watching this recent news show is optional … but it is informative: Why and how can the flu kill a healthy person so quickly?Links to an external site.

The Spanish influenza pandemic in 1918  killed 3-5% of the world’s population (The Economist, 2020); as of October 8, 2022 COVID-19 had killed .08% of the population. While we continue to learn more about the coronavirus, much is still unknown. For example, Harvard researchers point out that the length of immunity that results after infectionLinks to an external site. is not known at this time. You may want to read how researchers think Coronavirus mutates and spreads Links to an external site. and about the mutationsLinks to an external site..

Outbreak Investigation-A Step-by-Step Approach

Infectious Diseases-How Do We Control Them?

What Happens Next?

Additional Resource

Interested in how the death tolls of each pandemic stack up as a share of total estimated global populations at the time? Check out this graphic from the Visual Capitalist:

Please visit Visualizing the History of PandemicLinks to an external site.s for more information, if you are curious.

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