Global Diseases-Foreword

Many of us still believe that any outbreaks of infectious diseases are either isolated or won’t affect us because of our lifestyle.

What do you think?

Is Smallpox History?

Vaccine production ended nearly two decades ago, then the world thought

smallpox was history.

Smallpox

Caused by “Variola major” and “Variola minor”

V. major, has a mortality rate of 30–35% 30% of the survivors are blind responsible for an estimated 300–500 million de

aths in the 20th century

Paragraph One

A pilgrim got smallpox in Mecca and infected 150 people across his own country

Vocabulary:1. pilgrim: noun a person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons.2. rash: noun an area of red spots on a person’s skin, caused by an illness or a reaction to something.3. petechiae: noun pinpoint flat round red spots under the skin surface caused by intradermal hemorrhage (bleeding into the skin).

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Paragraph Two

Although the population are well-vaccinated, there’re still many people contracted or died of smallpox.

Vocabulary:4. contract: noun the people who are infected with some diseases.

5. quarantine: verb to keep an animal or a person away from others when they have or may have a disease.

Paragraph Three

Someone believe that smallpox virus may be released and do harm to human beings in the near future.

Vocabulary:     6. fortify: verb to increase the strength by adding something to it

   7. arsenal: noun a collection of weapons such as guns and

explosives.

Paragraph Four

The production of smallpox vaccine ended two decades ago when people think that smallpox was history, so that vaccine of smallpox is insufficient in the whole world.

Vocabulary:

9. dismantle: verb to take part a machine or structure so that it is in

separate pieces.

Paragraph Five

If the outbreak of smallpox really happened again, it is almost impossible to manufacture the vaccine in time or ask other countries to donate it.

Vocabulary:

10. case-fatality rate: noun the percentage of people who die of a

certain disease.

Paragraph Six

The debate over the fate of remaining stocks of smallpox is continuing.

CDC?

World Health Assembly??

Bill Clinton

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Focuses national attention on

-disease prevention and control

-environmental health

-education

-…

World Health Assembly

the world's highest health policy setting body is composed of health ministers from WHO

member states Tasks:

- to approve the WHO program

- to approve the budgets of the following 2 years

-…

Paragraph Seven………..finally…

We should be well-prepared for the coming of epidemics such as smallpox.

Vocabulary: 11. consign: verb to put sb/sth somewhere in order to get rid of them.

12. replenish: verb to make sth full again by replacing what has been used

Discussion

According to this article, what’s your opinion of the fate of remaining stocks of smallpox virus?

When SARS came few years ago, what’s your reaction to it?

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