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Description: Herd Immunity and Positive Externalities by Jennifer Tontodonati and John Tibbetts Slide 1: Diseases Have you ever heard of these diseases? Ebola Measles Mumps Polio Rubella Slide 2: Data Collection Slide 3: Herd Immunity Threshold (HIT)
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slide1. Herd Immunity and Positive Externalities by Jennifer Tontodonati and John Tibbetts<br>
slide2. Slide 1: Diseases
Have you ever heard of these diseases?
Ebola
Measles
Mumps
Polio
Rubella<br>
slide3. Slide 2: Data Collection<br>
slide4. Slide 3: Herd Immunity Threshold (HIT) Table SOURCE: http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity<br>
slide5. Slide 4: Negative Externality Examples Cigarette smoking creates passive smoking for non-smokers.
A loud concert at a park creates noise at a nearby quiet neighborhood.<br>
slide6. Slide 5: Positive Externality Examples Property values for other houses in the neighborhood rise when a homeowner improves his or her house and sells it for more than it was previously worth.
Recreation space is created when a state builds a reservoir for flood control.
An industrial company provides first aid classes for employees to increase job safety. An employee is also equipped to save lives outside the factory.<br>
slide7. Slide 6: Vocabulary
Externality: A cost and/or benefit that spills over to a third party not directly involved in the production or consumption of a good or service.
Herd immunity: The resistance to the spread of a contagious disease within a population that results if a sufficient high proportion of individuals are immune to the disease, especially through vaccination.
Negative externality: A cost that spills over to a third party not directly involved in the production or consumption of a good or service.
Positive externality: A benefit that spills over to a third party not directly involved in the production or consumption of a good or service.<br>
slide2. Slide 1: Diseases
Have you ever heard of these diseases?
Ebola
Measles
Mumps
Polio
Rubella<br>
slide3. Slide 2: Data Collection<br>
slide4. Slide 3: Herd Immunity Threshold (HIT) Table SOURCE: http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity<br>
slide5. Slide 4: Negative Externality Examples Cigarette smoking creates passive smoking for non-smokers.
A loud concert at a park creates noise at a nearby quiet neighborhood.<br>
slide6. Slide 5: Positive Externality Examples Property values for other houses in the neighborhood rise when a homeowner improves his or her house and sells it for more than it was previously worth.
Recreation space is created when a state builds a reservoir for flood control.
An industrial company provides first aid classes for employees to increase job safety. An employee is also equipped to save lives outside the factory.<br>
slide7. Slide 6: Vocabulary
Externality: A cost and/or benefit that spills over to a third party not directly involved in the production or consumption of a good or service.
Herd immunity: The resistance to the spread of a contagious disease within a population that results if a sufficient high proportion of individuals are immune to the disease, especially through vaccination.
Negative externality: A cost that spills over to a third party not directly involved in the production or consumption of a good or service.
Positive externality: A benefit that spills over to a third party not directly involved in the production or consumption of a good or service.<br>