Describe the symptoms of the disease in Mesopotato.
These spots would spread all over their body and then POOF! They would disappear and turn into dust!
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What is a disease?
a disease is a condition that makes a person (or animal or plant) unhealthy and interferes with how their body works normally. I
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How did the disease in Mesopotato begin?
Applesauce noticed that one of the baby horses had a spot on its nose. He touched the spot, to see what it was. Seconds later, a spot appeared on his fi nger- t
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What happened when people got the disease?
They got spots on their bodies and turned to dust.
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What causes disease?
Diseases are caused by tiny things like bacteria or viruses.
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Why do people get sicker in cities?
In cities, there are lots of people
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Why did disease spread easily in Mesopotato?
In Mesopotato, disease could spread really easily because there were lots of people living together.
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Why didn't everybody get sick?
Not everybody gets sick from diseases. This is because everyone’s body is slightly different!
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What is a vaccine?
A vaccine contains the disease they want to protect you against. Usually the disease is dead or really weak. When it’s put into your body, something called the
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How can you be immune to a disease without having caught it?
You can also become immune to a disease if you’ve already caught it.