WEEK+1

== =Welcome to WEEK ONE = For the week of June 16th - 23rd please read chapter one //The Three Rules of Epidemics// as well as the //Introduction//.

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After reading this chapter, I had to chuckle while I was at the grocery store. We had a water main break here in Montgomery County. The grocery stores were packed with people pushing carts full of bottled water.......the tipping point had occurred with regards to water supply. People who were oblivious to the situation questioned why others had carts full of water. They immediately panicked and ran to fill their carts with water too! This made me think of social epidemics on page 21. A few people (20%) influenced the majority (80%).

As I read this chapter, I thought about how this book directly impacts my life. Working with technology, I see a lot of "tipping points". Take this wiki for example. In the last couple of years, the wiki has tipped with regards to users......... Think of other "tipping points" in education.

I also was able to talk to Larry (my husband to be) about epidemics. He works for the National Cancer Institute for the department of epidemiology. At first I thought that was the epidermis department, but later found out I was wrong. At least I was using good decoding skills and context clues. :-) A "tipping point" that has occurred in his department is the spread of the HPV virus and how it impacts cervical cancer.

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