• Question: How does a disease spread so quickly?

    Asked by macCombiLJD to Ryan, Claire, Mako on 24 Jun 2015. This question was also asked by jay12.
    • Photo: Ryan Cheale

      Ryan Cheale answered on 24 Jun 2015:

      It kind of depends on the disease, right?

      So if a disease can only be transmitted say through touch it will spread far slower than one which can survive in the air. So should go back one step really, certain diseases can only survive in certain environments to be able to spread. The realy nasty ones, the ones that can spread really quickly are those which can survive in air, in water etc etc they can spread really easily.

      spreadibilty also will come down to hygiene so if you’re in a community which has poor hygiene then it’s going to spread far quicker than those who don’t

      So wash your hands!

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