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Start of the Zika virus
Like HIV, the Zika virus has been around for a very long time but they first discovered it in 1947. They went to the Zika Forrest and got samples of a rhesus monkey, and saw the Zika virus was inside them. The monkeys though got it from an mosquito called the Aedes African Anus which are the carriers of the disease. The first human case of Zika was in 1952 in Uganda, and in the United republic of Tanzania. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNZQPiVDdAU] -
Start of HIV/ AIDS
This disease was first originated in the 1920's from African countries that ate chimpanzees. Scientists could determine if the people who died from the disease died from AIDS, or different diseases. But the first case of it as scientists thought was in the early 1960's where a sailor passed it on to his wife. Then got transmitted down and the ladder began. The HIV virus killed many people during its epidemic on the US, and has infected many others. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUUlMVB751Y] -
How diseases were spread
Diseases on there way up
precautions taken to eliminate chances of disease outbreaks
doctors after 1970 said that there wont be a fight of communicable diseases
America became vulnerable
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Reasons diseases spread
Throughout 1980 to today scientists have found 4 main reasons diseases spread. Reason 1 is that there's more travel, trading, more ways to spread the disease. Reason 2 is Urbanization, which is just those big cities, since everyones crammed in there the disease is easier to spread. Reason 3 is because pervasive poverty which will cause the outbreak to be worse. Reason 4 is because the climate's getting warmer which benefits for viruses. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpj0emEGShQ] -
How diseases emerge
During 1980’s a group formed looking at why diseases are spreading constantly. They went to a wool house and found out that there are 1,400 human pathogens, this showed the sanitary state of the 1980’s. These are the ways diseases emerge and go from person to person and start an epidemic. They would end up taking precautions which cut down on the spread of the disease. -
First protest against HIV
In 1981 the first time AIDS was put on the newspaper was talking about how 41 homosexuals had this disease. The first protest was March 12, 1987. The approximately 300 protesters were part of the ACT UP establishment. The group traveled to Wall st Washington DC to plead its case on how this country was responding to this virus. They insulted the approval-time for the FDA on life-saving drugs. And continued to take these actions until 2012. -
Start of the Swine flu
The Swine Flu had a pandemic in 2009. The only difference between this disease and the other ones is that theres a vaccine for this disease. This disease can be passed down to pigs as well and we can get it from pigs unless the pork is properly cooked. But it appears seasonly just like the usual flu. After 2009 there wasnt another pandemic until 2014 where again a pandemic of the swine flu appeared. -
prevention of diseases today
Today we shouldn't worry about outbreaks as much because of the modern technology, and on how quick we find cure for diseases. There are 3 main elements of taming an epidemic. Element 1 is strengthen public health fundamentals, which means increase the amount of study's that go into a disease. Element 2 is Identify and put the high-impact public health interventions into effect, to reduce infectious diseases. Element 3 is develop and advance policies to prevent, detect, and control diseases. -
First case of MERS
MERS is a Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. It was first spotted in Saudi Arabia and has spread from Saudi Arabia to other countries. There was a big outbreak outside the Arabian Peninsula and in the Republic of Korea in 2015. This disease can travel from person to person from direct contact. It can infect anyone from the ages of 1-99. The scientists expect that the disease spreads from respiratory secretions which mean coughing sneezing etc. -
Symptoms of MERS
Since MERS is a respiratory disease the symptoms are fatal in most cases. MERS is a disease that you feel the moment you get it. The certain symptoms are fever, shortness of breath, and coughing. This is the reason it is so fatal because it just seems like a regular cold. Other symptoms could be diarrhea and nausea/vomiting. Those symptoms really dispute this disease with getting confused with a common cold. This is the reason so many have died from his disease.
