Question

Answer the following questions related to the epidemiology of COVID-19:

1. Explain why it is concerning that public health officials and scientists are now saying that COVID-19 is capable of spreading via both droplet and aerosol transmission. Be sure to define what both of these transmission routes are.
2. Explain why the current COVID-19 global health crisis is considered a pandemic and not an epidemic.
3. During the week of 11/14 to 11/21 Maryland saw a total number of ~15,883 COVID-19 cases. What rate of disease is this describing?
4. Scientists estimate that approximately 30% of individuals who are exposed to COVID-19 will actually become sick with the virus. What rate of disease is this describing?
5. Name and explain at least three factors that you think are responsible to contributing to the emergence of COVID-19 as an infectious disease.
6. Explain the concept of One Health and describe how you think it could have been better utilized to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Answer 1

Its ability to spread through aerosol and airways is concerning because, then transmission rates will be much much higher. Aerosol means air droplets. Droplets are bigger.

It has become a pandemic because it is spreading from one continent to another.

This is a viral disease caused by Coronavirus which is a RNA virus. It is responsible for causing Covid 19.Rate of transmission is being described here.

Three factors responsible:-a) Unhygienic lifestyle b) unhygienic food habits c) laboratory faults.

The concept of One health is the proper collaborative maintenance of people, animals and environment while treating a disease. In covid it can be very much necessary for as to prevent the transmission of the disease from animals, permanent cure of the animals from the disease and for making the environment pure of the virus.