Micro life thesis
By: Sarah and Angelica
The public needs to be aware of the deadly diseases that can affect them and how to prevent them. They should be told what diseases are currently causing outbreaks and how serious they are. Also washing hands should be encouraged more. Deadly viruses are everywhere and we need to tell the public.
Viruses and bacteria can be spread many different ways. Person to person contact is usually responsible. Diseases can also be transmitted when an infected person coughs and an uninfected person breathes it in. Disease spreads quicker in families because they have more person to person contact. Also when in public places it can spread really fast.
Carriers and vectors are responsible for spreading disease. Carriers do not get sick with the disease but have it in their system and they spread it. Vectors like ticks and fleas and mosquitoes spread the disease when they bite. An example of this would be the bubonic plague in which mice carrying infected fleas, brought the fleas close to humans and thus spreading the disease. Vectors can be very dangerous to society.
An epidemic is when a wide spread disease infects tons of people. The thought of an epidemic can cause mass hysteria and confusion. The public will probably not accept people with a disease even if it isn’t very infectious. An example would be leprosy, a disease which causes flesh to rot off a living person. People with leprosy were despised and hated because people feared them and they did not want to catch the disease, even though it was proven that only a very tiny percent of people were susceptible.
Eukaryotic cells make up plants, animals, and people. They all have a nucleus. In activity 38 we learned about the similarities and differences between plant and animal cells, for instance plants have a cell wall and chloroplasts, while animals do not, but animals do have one thing plants do not, and that’s centriole. Some similarities are they both have a nucleus and a golgi. Eukaryotic cells are mostly the same but it depends on what the cells are in to determine what it needs.
Prokaryotic cells make up viruses and bacteria. They do not have a nucleus. In activity 45 we learned about viruses and bacteria. Viruses are not cell in fact they are not even alive. Bacteria can help cows digest food, and plants to absorb nitrogen. Prokaryotic cells can be good and bad, but we still need them.
Chicken pox is an infectious disease that is caused by a virus called, Varicella zoster. Before they created the vaccine, chicken pox caused about 145 deaths per year, now it’s dropped to about 66 deaths per year. The symptoms of this disease are a rash of
spots, that are red and itchy that look like blisters, a runny nose, cough, stomach ache, and fever. The disease is highly contagious and can be spread by just about everything, whether it be a cough to a laugh, it can be spread. To prevent getting the disease you could get the vaccine and/or stay away from people who have it.
In order to protect yourself from a disease you should keep clean, eat healthy and stay away from people who are sick. If you are sick, you should stay home as to make sure that know one else gets the disease. All of these steps should be taken, but remember never fear anyone with a disease, they are people too.
