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Unit 9.2 - Diseases

"Cough Cough, I am sick"

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Intro

Hey remember those advancements in unit 9.1, well they are back.

Medicine

  • Allowed us to live longer
  • Diseases finally cureable:
    • Vaccines - for viruses
    • Penicillin & antibiotics - for bacteria

Economic Disparity

So not all weath distributed everywhere

  • Some nations still poor
  • All poor nations left with poor treatment
  • Lower life expectancy

Epidemics

  • The flu

    • Common cold
    • Mild Annoyance
    • Before was big deal due to causing many deaths and social unrest
  • HIV/Aids

    • Didn’t want to treat
    • Lots of stigma
    • Still poor treatment in some countries
  • The one I love and hate: COVID-19

    So I want to mexico and I didn’t even know we had this until I came back
    • Caused global lock down
    • Online classes
    • Allowed me to learn coding

Age Related Diseases

So because we now live a lot longer, diseases become more deadly when we older

  • Many diseases becoming related to age
  • New challenge in nations