Assignment: Blue Men
Read Chapter 6: Epidemiology in your textbook and complete the Happy Town Crisis Interactive and Epidemic and Endemic and Pandemic, Oh My! Learning Activities before reading the 11 Blue Men story. Then complete the following:
· Read the Eleven Blue Men (Berton Roueché) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. story
· Download the Eleven Blue Men Worksheet and address the questions in the worksheet using complete sentences.
To complete the worksheet,
· Create a timeline (must be drawn, not text-only) indicating the 11 Blue Men presented symptoms.
o Timelines show patterns quickly. You will draw a timeline using the tool of your choice. It must be more than just text on a page. There are several free online timeline creation tools, like Vizzlo's Timeline Chart (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. You may also want to review How to Make a Timeline in Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
· Describe the key symptoms and incubation period.
· Describe each step of an outbreak investigation.
· Identify three questions that Dr. Greenberg and Dr. Pellitteri asked the patients.
· Identify three questions that the epidemiologists asked the Eclipse Cafeteria employees.
· Identify the final culprit and how it was discovered.
· Explain why these specific men were more affected than other people.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.