Description
Author and journalist David Quammen explained the scientific definition of a spillover and when it becomes a contagion.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- According to David Quammen, what is the scientific definition of a spillover?
- Are they common? Why?
- Explain when a spillover becomes a contagion as David Quammen discussed.
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Vocabulary
- Cellular
- Epidemic
- Infection
- Mammal
- Outbreak
- Pandemic
- Pathogen
- Replicate
- Virus