Provide Four Potential Exposures (6 Points)

Question 1. At this point, is this an outbreak? Why or why not? (2 points) According to the scenario this is an outbreak, because the case has occurred over a prevalent area without an efficient point source. This outbreak has occurred in a high-risk environment; local community centre; where it is common for individuals to experience a little as a flu. Also, it’s an outbreak because most outbreak occurs when clustered of unrelated individual experience symptoms around the similar time period, where they also happened to attend the same event.

Question 2. Speculate on the patients’ potential exposures. Provide four potential exposures (4 points) a) The local caterer could’ve supplied undercooked food or food that has been kept in room temperature for too long. b) Various children sharing the same water while playing the Apple Bobbing game. (Contaminated water) c) Children eating without washing hands after being in contact with horses, the other activities, or using the washroom. d) Person to person contact with someone who is already affected by the virus.

Question 3. What would be the next IMMEDIATE steps in your investigation? Provide 6 next steps and be specific. (6 points)
a) Epidemiologist should take stool, throat and blood samples of the individuals that are
The second reason is that based on the scenario, these are more sufficient potential food poisoning agents that has different diagnosis which can help identify that one foodborne illness, causing all those sickness. This also helps us narrow it down from various other foodborne illness, which aids us to focus more on the agent that fits the scenario. This will help us to immediately help using the correct control