Outbreaks, Epidemics, & Pandemics

WILL COVID-19 EVER END?

Kids want, need, and deserve to know what just happened and what it means for their future.

In this middle school resource book, students will learn the history of outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics, especially COVID-19, and be awed by the world of germs and how it can impact our lives.

With her trademark research that leaves no history, geography, biography, science stone unturned on a subject, author Carole Marsh shares how and why such things happen, how we can plan and protect ourselves - today and tomorrow. 

Perfect for libraries and middle school teachers and students!

What's Inside?

• Something Germy This Way Comes!
• A Germy Glossary
• A Little History Might be in Order?
• Pandemics from the Historical Past
• Where Humans Go, Germs Go!
• The Geography of COVID-19
• The Old Versus the New
• Cholera Comes Calling!
• A Candy Store of Diseases
• Are You Getting the Big Pandemic Picture?
• And MORE!

PART ONE: An Overview of Pandemics-Today & Yesterday

Something Germy This Way Comes!...10

A Germy Glossary...11

A Little History Might be in Order?...12

Pandemics from the Historical Past...13

Where Humans Go, Germs Go!...14

The Geography of COVID-19...15

The Old Versus the New...16

BUT FIRST...The New Virus Hunters!...17

SMALLPOX, a Big Deal!...18

The Great Plague...19

Cholera Comes Calling!...20

A Candy Store of Diseases...21

Childhood Diseases...You'll Be Glad You Didn't Have!...23

Germs, Always the Germs!...24

Are You Getting the Big Pandemic Picture?...25

Babes in the New World Woods...26

PART TWO: More About Disease, Please!

Do You Know About Disease?...28

Do You Know the Meaning of These Germy Words?...29

The Big Problem with Germs...30

The Basics of Bacteria...31

Viruses are Very Virulent...32

Where Do Germs Come From?...33

Are Germs Coming for Us?...34

Living with Germs Successfully: YOU CAN DO IT!...35

Your Amazing Immune System...36

Ready to Rumble!...36

Calling all T & B Cells...36

I Claim Immunity!...37

The CDC, the Place for Germs to Be!...38

Genetics & the Human Genome Project...39

The Human Genome Project...39

WHO?...40

PART THREE: I'm Sick! Now What?

AHHHHCHOOOO!...42

Antibodies & Antibiotics...43

Antibiotic Advice...43

Therapeutic Thoughts...44

Pets, Pregnancy, Other Populations, & COVID-19...45

Even Kids Helped Us Get a Vaccine!... 46

PART FOUR: Examples of Outbreaks, Epidemics, & Pandemics

Ebola Outbreak, 2014-2016...48

Spanish Influenza Pandemic, 1917-1918...49

HIV & AIDS...50

COVID-19, 2020-???? Novel Coronavirus Pandemic...51

Off to a Bad Start / America Taken by Surprise / Pandemic, Panic, & Politics...51

Learning Curve / Heroes, Helpers...& Horrors / To Open or Close?...52

Ongoing Problems / Looking Ahead...53

It's a Small World, After All...54

Growing Up with Vaccines!...56

PART FIVE: LOOKING AHEAD: How Do We Get Out of This Mess?

Ongoing Pandemic Issues...58

Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three / Economic Considerations...58

Vulnerable Populations / The Unknown Unknowns...58

COVID Quarterbacking...59

The Endgame...60

Will COVID Ever End?...60

The Future...60

The Greatest Teachable Moment Ever!...62

COVID CALENDAR RECAP...63

COVID Calendar Recap...63

Career Opportunities Galore!...66

Heroes & Helpers...67

How You Can Help!...68

But Did They Use Novacaine?...69

DARPA: Infectious Disease Experts...70

Pandemics as the Impetus to Invention!...71

MORE GERMWISE HEROES & HELPERS THROUGHOUT HISTORY

GLOSSARY...83

Bibliography for Students...84

Germy Stuff to Read for Fun!...85

Acknowledgements...86

Index...87

About the Author...90