Question

Explain how common source outbreaks differ from propagated epidemics. Use the Corona virus outbreak and pandemic to support your answers.

Answer 1

common source outbreak: a type of epidemic outbreak where the affected individuals had an exposure to a common agent.

propagated outbreak: a type of epidemic outbreak where the disease spreads person-to-person.

We can take a example of corona virus.it start in wahan china.

where it spreads through a common agent from anima .

icit is epicenter of corona virus. till here this is examples of common source outbreak.

now second stage of virus where it goes into propagated outbreak through human to human transmission first it spread in china .then through it goes into other countries in europe ,america , india etc .this complete cycle of corona virus so we can correlate common source outbreak and propagated outbreak with example of corona virus.