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Assignment
Watch the YouTube video "How do germs spread (and why do they make us sick)? - Yannay Khaikin and Nicole Mideo" and read the case study "Managing Infectious Diseases" and answer the following questions:
A. What does the term 'germs' usually refer to?
B. What do all germs have in common?
C. Define the term 'modes of transmission' and give an example.
D. What is a major disadvantage to a virus, if it replicates too much, too quickly?
E. If there's too little of a virus, what is a disadvantage (to the virus) if you don't experience any symptoms?
F. List the characteristics of a successful virus.
G. What does the trade-off hypothesis predict for rhinovirus?
H. Why does the malaria virus do not require a mobile host?
I. What can we do to minimize the harmfulness of infectious diseases?