HSS 2121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cardiovascular Disease, Ebola River, Peanut Butter
25 Mar 2017
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Mother charged with failing to provide the necessities of life. Mcdonald"s: no longer peanut free, only had peanuts in sealed plastic. Not sure why we are seeing an increased rate of anaphylaxis. Hygiene hypothesis: kids are not building a robust resistance everything is hygienic, clean all the time. Hard to get parents to understand how serious a peanut allergy is: still send peanut butter with child to school. 1976 first occurrence, 2 simultaneous outbreak: sudan, democratic republic of. Near the ebola river : where it gets the name. Epidemic in west africa (guinea, liberia, sierra leone) Race, class issues: no $ for containment efforts. Has killed hc workers 50% fatality rate. Spread through contact with bodily fluid (vomit, blood etc) Burying the dead spreads the disease (religious, cultural practices) Over 28 000 cases and over 11 315 dead. 3 day quarantine in sierra leone to curb spread.
