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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which disease did the Gates Foundation take the lead in trying to eradicate?

2. What is one of the main problems with the flu vaccine, according to Osterholm?

3. What group did congress establish in 2006 to help provide a good approach to vaccine development?

4. What is one way in which a person's immune system can overreact to a pathogen?

5. What is the serious condition that the Zika virus sometimes causes in babies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the main reasons Osterholm says it is quicker to produce drugs than vaccines?

2. What did Osterholm try to emphasize for helping stop the spread of AIDS in the mid-1980s, as separate from vaccines?

3. What was the deadliest pandemic of the modern era?

4. What is one of the reasons human are at a disadvantage to microbes?

5. Why was the Spanish Flu so named, even though it likely did not originate in Spain?

6. Which populations are most affected by malaria infections?

7. In Chapter 1, what is the term Osterholm uses for an event that comes as a surprise and is a major disrupting influence on society?

8. Why was Dr. Jonas Salk such a hero to so many parents in the 1950s?

9. What does Osterholm view as the scariest means of transmission for microbes, and why?

10. In the Introduction, what are the two metaphors for disease that Osterholm sets out for use throughout the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the major problem Dr. Scott Halstead identified in 2016 with a potential dengue fever vaccine, and why was the problem apparently unique to this disease? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What does Osterholm use the analogy of the myth of Pandora, and Pandora's box, to explain or illustrate in this book? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 3

In the Introduction, Osterholm writes that he has come to be known by some in the media as "Bad News Mike." Write an essay explaining why Osterholm earned this nickname, and explain how he views it himself.

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