Disease Detectives B/C

[Flavorflav]

I noticed on this year's event description, the section about C level doing advanced statistics is gone, replaced by a requirement they do more on confounding, biases and prevention measures. Does this mean we can stop trying to teach college statistics?!! Probably will be more clear on the new DD CD from Nationals.
They are also are trying to allocate the test emphasis more evenly on Background and Surveillance, Outbreak Investigation and Patterns, Controls and Prevention. If only our state event supervisor would take note of the changes...
Also new, the "5 step Process for Surveillance and the types of Surveillance".

And most importantly, this would normally be the year that the topic would be environmental sources of disease, but there is no mention of a special area to focus on this year under the Description paragraph. Anyone know if we are moving away from doing topics?!

What even is the 5 step process for surveillance? I can't find it anywhere on the internet.

I have to assume that they are talking about this:
https://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/s ... tion1.html
It's not easy to find, I agree.

[sophisSyo]

Based on the first invite we went to this season, test makers aren't completely sure about what to make of the new rules? We had more food borne disease questions than anticipated - it was more similar to tests from last yr.

[Nba2302]

for me, there weren't any food-borne related questions in the test I took

[UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F]

for me, there weren't any food-borne related questions in the test I took

Food-borne illnesses aren't part of the topic this year, so it will naturally vary between competition to competition

[acidbeaker]

What are some historical outbreaks/current events I should know?

[Tailsfan101]

What are some historical outbreaks/current events I should know?

The five largest epidemics/pandemics in history may be helpful:

• The Black Death
• 1918 Spanish Flu
• HIV/AIDS
• Justinian Plague
• Antonine Plague

[jimmy-bond]

What are some historical outbreaks/current events I should know?

The pandemics Tailsfan mentioned are the most notable, along with the many cholera ones. For current events, the biggest ones would be the Ebola flare from around 4 years ago, Zika virus from maybe 3 years ago, and the recent Romaine lettuce scare with E. coli.
Many states have their own outbreaks that make headlines but don't travel further. For example, in Hawaii, we had a Hepatitis A outbreak, a dengue fever scare, and a smallpox resurgence. Although Hawaii test makers might and have quizzed competitors on these incidents, competitions in New York and Ohio will probably include more local cases. So, for current events, it all depends on your local area.

[critale1]

Has anyone used Khan Academy for this event? If so, what course?

[Nba2302]

Has anyone used Khan Academy for this event? If so, what course?

khan academy isn't the best source for dd because it doesn't really have any topics on it. Best place would be cdc site because cdc sponsors event, and many of the things on the test, will usually be from cdc website

[Rossyspsce]

for me, there weren't any food-borne related questions in the test I took

To add, I feel some test writers aren't sure what to make of new rules and are resulting to making tests based off of previous years, the most recent being food borne illnesses.