Covid covid

Scary scary (what a dumb title)

New Zealand to go into national lockdown over one Covid case

Vocab

• outbreak
• chain of transmission
• vaccine rollout
• epidemiologist (epidemiology)
• content tracing app
• contact tracing
• suspected/confirmed cases
• locations of interest
• linked/unlinked cases [“breakthrough” cases]
• mask mandate
• border control
• (institute) a lockdown
• complication rate
• inoculate = vaccinate/ administer vaccine
• (high/low) vaccination rate
• fully vaccinated
• booster shot: third dose
• glass vial

• virus strain [Eg: predominant strain]
• Alpha/Delta/Columbia varient (mutations)
• aerosol transmission
• pathogen: infectious microorganism or agent
• contagion: the communication of disease from one person or organism to another by close contact [contagious]
• genome: the complete set of genetic information in an organism; stored in long molecules of DNA called chromosomes
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-13/what-are-covid-vaccine-exemptions-medical-reasons-aren-t-persuasive