Lessons > PandemicWhat if we were to face an outbreak of a disease such as bird flu? In 1918-1919, the world experienced a pandemic unlike anything seen since the Black Plague of the mid-14th century in Europe. The Spanish Flu, or La Grippe, killed between 20 and 40 million people worldwide. In America alone, 28% of the population was infected with the virus, the vast majority of whom where between the ages of 20 and 40. There was no method in place at that time to deal with a pandemic with such a high transmission rate as well as a high death rate. The disease struck a virgin field. In this lesson, imagine a new disease for which there is no vaccine and the death rate might be very high. Examine the details of Red Death and predict how many sick days per capita and the death toll of this new disease in low population and low mixing. Record the prediction in your table. To see if you're correct, set Vaccinated to None, run the simulation three times, and record your data. What if you had a high population and high mixing? Record your prediction, change the population and mixing settings to high, and run the simulator three times. Record your data and compare with your prediction.
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