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#Isolation separates sick people with a contagious disease from people who are not sick
#Quarantine separates and restricts movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick
(per @CDCgov)
#COVID19 #ContagiousWords
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The formula for the #mortality of a defined population is: deaths occurring during a given time period divided by size of the population among which the deaths occurred. #COVID19
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#Morbidity is the proportion of ILLNESS in a population
#Mortality is the proportion of DEATHS in a population
#COVID19 #ContagiousWords
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#Lethality is a condition, the ability/capacity to cause death
#Fatality is a death, or the fact of a disease resulting in death
#COVID19 #ContagiousWords
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(per @CDCgov)
#Zoonosis #COVID19 #ContagiousWords
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#InfectiousDisease #ContagiousWords
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#Pathogenesis the study of the biological mechanism progress of disease. It answers HOW a disease developed.
#Etiology is the study of the cause of a disease. It answers WHY a disease developed.
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#SARSCoV2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) is the name of the virus that causes #COVID19, as it is closely related to the SARS coronavirus from 2003.
For more information:
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More info: cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…
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David Quammen from his book "Spillover"
#COVID19
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During the night there fell on the Greeks a “panic” (Πανικός). For unreasonable fears are said to come from the god Pan. Pausanias (10.23)
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nytimes.com/2020/03/22/hea…
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#ContagiousWords #ContagiousAntonyms #ContagiousImages
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To avoid confusion: use ventilator when talking about machines that help people breathe.
Use respirator when talking about the protective masks for health professionals.
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theconversation.com/checking-blood…
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Watch our hand-washing video featuring music from @caterpillarrai:
#ContagiousWords #COVID19
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science.sciencemag.org/content/early/…
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