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Globalization and Infectious
Diseases
By Tyler Davis
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Examples of Infectious Diseases
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AIDS/HIV
Swine Flu
Botulism
Hepatitis
Measles
E. Coli
Ebola
Plague; Bubonic, Pneumonic
Influenza (Flu)
How Infectious Diseases are Transmitted
• Illnesses like the flu spread from person to
person when droplets from the cough or sneeze
of an infected person move through the air and
get into the mouth or nose of people nearby.
• Sometimes they are transmitted by bites from
insects or animals.
• Other infectious diseases are acquired by
ingesting contaminated food or water or being
exposed to organisms in the environment.
The deadly spread of Infectious Diseases
• The spread of Infectious Diseases can be deadly
and travels very fast. For example AIDS/HIV
started in Africa and made it into the United
States very fast and that was just over the period
of a year.
• Another example was the Bubonic plague, it
spread around the world so fast it was
unbelievable. The Bubonic plague all started out
with just a couple of people that got sick with the
disease and then it spread worldwide.
The Precautions being taken
• When a outbreak of a infectious disease happens
people immediately try to stop the disease from
spreading to other places. They try to keep it in the
spot that it started and no one leaves or comes into
the place without serious precautions being taken to
prevent the disease from spreading.
• Also giving vaccines so that if the disease happens to
go out a little further, then the people can be
prepared and not as likely to get it so it doesn’t
spread anymore.
Connection
• This year in my science class we have been
learning about the biosphere and how certain
things in it can effect everyone in and around it.
• Globalization and Infectious Diseases can affect
everyone and they can eventually spread from
person to person and place to place.
Call to Action
• A way for Globalization and Infectious Diseases to
go down is for people to get vaccinated. So when a
disease comes they can be protected from it and it
can stop it from spreading.
• Another way is for medical personnel to travel to 3rd
world countries and make it available for them to
get vaccinated so it won’t spread throughout their
countries.
• Also getting more people educated so they can stop
the disease themselves and help more people so the
infectious disease doesn’t get worse.
Citations
• Department of Health “Infectious Diseases” State of
Rhode Island Department of Health Web 26 May
2015.
• Gale Global Issues “Globalization and Infectious
Diseases” Utah Education Network Web 26 May
2015
• CDC “Understand How Infectious Diseases Spread”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 31 July
2011 Web 26 May 2015
• Mayo Clinic “Infectious diseases” Diseases and
Conditions January 1998 Web 26 May 2015