ANTHROP 2U03 Lecture Notes - Tuberculosis, Mortality Rate, Common Cold
5 Jul 2013
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Anthro 2u03 tuesday, june 25, 2013 dr. emily cowall. Endemic: something that is always in a place. If conditions are right, can be accelerated into an epidemic: measles epidemic peaks, depends on the children ie. more children born after war vs. not many children. If there is epidemic today, it means the government isn"t doing well to prevent it and citizens not good citizens of the world. a plague (generalised) vs. the plague (a specific disease) Smallpox, easy to see that they have smallpox. More devastating in rural areas than in cities. Specific to humans -> some diseases come from pigs/birds, you cannot eradicate all the pigs or birds. Everyone around the person with smallpox is vaccinated: does this containment, to ensure everyone is vaccinated, people are put in quarantine until they"re healthy again. Brought people to social control through fear and misunderstanding. Stigma: bell to announce to everyone, stigma because you held the bell.
