Epidemiology |
We find out more about a profession that we’ve all come to know a lot better over the past year and a half. From the first appearance of the novel coronavirus in China in 2019, epidemiologists around the world have been working to understand and fight outbreaks. Tash meets an epidemiologist and learns about how they’ve worked to keep people safe in past and present pandemics. |
Questions
1. What did the Epidemiology story explain?
2. What does an epidemiologist do?
3. How does Dr Emma Miller describe the type of work she does?
4. Why have we heard more about epidemiology over the past year?
5. The COVID pandemic isn’t the first big disease outbreak the world has ever seen. True or false?
6. In which century were viruses first identified?
a. 18th century
b. 19th century
c. 20th century
7. Which outbreak did John Snow help to control?
8. Apart from helping to fight pandemics like COVID, epidemiologists also fight health problems like…
9. What did you learn watching this story?
10. What questions do you have about the BTN story?
2. What does an epidemiologist do?
3. How does Dr Emma Miller describe the type of work she does?
4. Why have we heard more about epidemiology over the past year?
5. The COVID pandemic isn’t the first big disease outbreak the world has ever seen. True or false?
6. In which century were viruses first identified?
a. 18th century
b. 19th century
c. 20th century
7. Which outbreak did John Snow help to control?
8. Apart from helping to fight pandemics like COVID, epidemiologists also fight health problems like…
9. What did you learn watching this story?
10. What questions do you have about the BTN story?