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Pandmeic
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Widespread, deadly epidemic
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Worst flu on record
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flu of 1918
(estimated 50-100 million deaths) |
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In first 2 years discovery of the bird flu what happened to 150 million domesticated fowl:
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culled or died to prevent spread
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if pandemic were to start it is estimated (deaths):
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150 million
-close cohabitation -large populations of people, and livestock provide ideal conditions for viruses to mutate -global travel means fast dispersal |
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(Environmental health)
health: |
state of complete physical, mental and social well being
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Disease:
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abnormal change in the bodies conditions that impairs important physical or psychological function
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What plays roles in morbidity (illness) and mortality (death)
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diet, nutrition, infectous agents, toxic substances, genetics, trauma, and stress
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Environmental health focuses on factors that cause:
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diease- including elements of the natural, social cultural, and technological worlds
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