{"id":19755,"date":"2021-04-02T13:32:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T13:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=19755"},"modified":"2023-08-21T15:41:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T15:41:15","slug":"viral-epidemics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/first-year\/discovery-core\/autumn-dcx\/viral-epidemics","title":{"rendered":"Viral Epidemics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/viralepidemics.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/viralepidemics.png 761w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/viralepidemics-300x67.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/viralepidemics-600x133.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">a Discovery Core Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>May be taken as either <strong>BCORE 110 (Natural Sciences)<\/strong> or <strong>BCORE 107 (Social Sciences)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/NSc-SSc-combo.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25091 size-full\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About This Course <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The current COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the deadly force of a virus (SARS-CoV-2) and is causing substantial long-term social and economic disruption. Although not as fatal as Ebola, it spreads much more rapidly\u2014in part by people with few or no symptoms of the disease. In 2019 the measles, formerly rare due to vaccination, staged a global comeback, and Ebola flared up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2015, there was a Zika epidemic in Brazil that resulted in thousands of babies with microcephaly, a congenital brain defect that can be lethal or dramatically reduce quality of life. Zika and Ebola diseases are caused by viruses that have been around for at least decades. SARS-CoV-2 was only recently identified, although related viruses have been known for many years&#8211;some cause the common cold. Why and how do viruses cause local outbreaks, epidemics or even global pandemics?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the world\u2019s pandemics are caused by viruses. How can viruses, which are not strictly speaking alive, have such great power? How do our immune systems fight them; how do vaccines help? What do we know about viruses, how they change over time, and the implications for human health? As Earth\u2019s climate changes, how will this affect their spread? How are we responding to these viral challenges? What are the roles of governmental agencies such as the CDC and WHO, and non-governmental agencies such as the Gates Foundation? We will examine all of these questions using SARS-CoV-2, the Zika virus, and other viruses as case studies, with an emphasis on how we know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professor Susan McNabb (She\/Her\/Hers)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/premajor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/mcnabb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24943 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Professor McNabb <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:smcnabb@uw.edu\">smcnabb@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a Discovery Core Experience May be taken as either BCORE 110 (Natural Sciences) or BCORE 107 (Social Sciences) About This Course The current COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the deadly force of a virus (SARS-CoV-2) and is causing substantial long-term social and economic disruption. 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