Do Now:
Based on prior knowledge and prediction, have we cured influenza (the flu)? Explain your answer.
What is antigenic drift?
What is antigenic shift?
Which is more dangerous, antigenic drift or shift?
Explain your answer to question 4.
Explain how pigs play a role in antigenic shift.
Covid 19 has effected people with low economic standing at a drastically higher rate than the upper class. In 1684, the small pox virus did the opposite. Why is that?
In 1796, Jenner's created the "first vaccine". How did he make this discovery?
In the last decade of Jenner's life (1820), what effect did his discovery have on the number of small pox cases?
In 1918, the pandemic of 1918 infected 500 million people (1/3 of the world's total population) and killed 50 million people. When did scientists finally identify influenzia viruses?
In 2000, the measles was erradicated from the United States. In 2015 there was a Measles outbreak at Disneyland in California. How is this possible? How many cases of Measles were in the US in 2015?