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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. What was President George W. Bush's emergency plan for combating AIDS?
2. What was the average life-expectancy in the United States in the year 1900?
3. Who was the head of the first meeting Osterholm attended about the HIV/AIDS epidemic, before doctors knew what they were dealing with?
4. What does Osterholm say is the average time from vaccine development to public availability?
5. What does Osterholm say is the scariest means of transmission for a pathogen?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was Osterholm personally affected by the AIDS epidemic?
2. What is one sometimes fatal reaction the human body has to microbes, especially in those with strong immune systems?
3. Why was the Spanish Flu so named, even though it likely did not originate in Spain?
4. In Chapter 2, what intensely personal detail of his early life does Osterholm share with the reader?
5. How does Osterholm distinguish between a so-called good death and a bad death?
6. What is one of the main reasons Osterholm says it is quicker to produce drugs than vaccines?
7. What was the deadliest pandemic of the modern era?
8. In Osterholm's opinion, how do our influenza vaccines need to change?
9. In the Introduction, what are the two metaphors for disease that Osterholm sets out for use throughout the book?
10. Why was John Snow's work so important in the 1800s?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are some of the reasons Osterholm puts forward to explain why new vaccine production takes so long, from start to finish? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What are some of the most significant factors that led to the spread of Ebola in 2014 in West Africa, according to Osterholm? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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