Determine your patient zero options

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There has been an outbreak at Disney World causing a resort shut down. This new mysterious illness appears to be communicable and the mode of transmission appears to be through droplets (sneezing/coughing). In this activity you will analyze the transmission of an unknown infectious agent from person to person as well as use deductive reasoning to determine "patient zero," the initial patient in the population to develop the infection.

Contagion Activity

Epidemiologists have noticed that multiple Disney workers have come down with a mysterious infection that causes coughing, fever, and difficult breathing. They believe the illness is communicable and the mode of transmission appears to be through droplets (sneezing/coughing). They have collected the last couple week's work schedule to assess which workers came into contact with each other.

Employee work schedule locations by week
Employee	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3
Cinderella	Soarin	Castle	Space Mountain
Ariel	Astro Orbiter	Soarin	Splash Mountain
Olaf	Soarin	Astro Orbiter	Haunted Mansion
Simba	Splash Mountain	Splash Mountain	Soarin
Mickey	Haunted Mansion	Castle	Splash Mountain
Anna	Splash Mountain	Haunted Mansion	Castle
Sneezy	Castle	Haunted Mansion	Haunted Mansion
Minnie	Castle	Astro Orbiter	Space Mountain
Belle	Astro Orbiter	Space Mountain	Astro Orbiter
Elsa	Space Mountain	Space Mountain	Soarin
Beast	Haunted Mansion	Soarin	Castle
Goofy	Space Mountain	Splash Mountain	Astro Orbiter

They also have tested each of the workers.

Employee work schedule locations by week
Employee	Test Result
Cinderella	-
Ariel	-
Olaf	+
Simba	Cf +
Mickey	-
Anna	+
Sneezy	+
Minnie	-
Belle	+
Elsa	+
Beast	+
Goofy	+

Devise a way to determine Patient Zero. Determine your Patient Zero options by showing your work below (include image if you drew your solution on paper)

Now that you have narrowed down your patient zero to one or a couple individuals, generate a list of 5 questions that you want to ask when you interview the workers. Your questions should be designed to help you identify who patient zero is, as well as learn more about how this new mysterious disease spreads.

Why do you think the CDC (Center of Disease Control) attempts to determine patient zero when there is a disease outbreak?

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