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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 publication did Osterholm almost pull an op-ed he wrote about Zika from in 2016?
2. What did Dr. Anne Schuchat say about the tools we had to fight SARS in 2003?
3. What are the leading causes of death today in America, according to Osterholm?
4. In which North American city did a SARS outbreak occur in 2003?
5. Which two cities were initially on the WHO's travel alert because of SARS in 2003?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which bacteria does Osterholm cite as killing more people in America each year than the AIDS virus, and where do most of them pick up the infection?
2. In Chapter 18, what does John Barry, author of The Great Influenza, say is the first thing to understand about influenza?
3. In 2015, where did a severe new strain of flu appear in the United States?
4. Why does Osterholm argue that cancer and heart disease kill so many more people today than they did a century ago?
5. In Chapter 12, why does Osterholm think President Obama's choice of Ron Klain to head his Ebola task force in 2014 was inspired?
6. Why does Osterholm think many doctors prescribe antibiotics even when they think they will do the patient no good?
7. How does Osterholm characterize most Americans' attitude towards mosquitoes?
8. What did Dr. Anne Schuchat at the CDC say about the tools available to fight a disease like SARS?
9. What was the likely origin of the MERS outbreak that began in 2012?
10. Why does Osterholm claim a personal stake in studying mosquito-borne illnesses?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does Osterholm mean when he uses the term "Black Swan" in epidemiology? What kinds of public health outbreaks in his career qualify as so-called "Black Swans?" Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 20, what are some of the characteristics of our current influenza vaccines that Osterholm argues are "unique, and not in a good way?" (286). How does Osterholm believe our influenza vaccines could and should be improved? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 14, what were some of the most important measures doctors and public health officials around the world enacted to help get the SARS outbreak in the early 2000s under control? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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