Question

Read the excerpt below from the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a US government agency that helps prevent the spread of disease.

Vaccine-preventable disease levels are at or near record lows. Even though most infants and toddlers have received all recommended vaccines by age 2, many under-immunized children remain, leaving the potential for outbreaks of disease. Many adolescents and adults are under-immunized as well, missing opportunities to protect themselves against diseases such as Hepatitis B, influenza, and pneumococcal disease. CDC works closely with public health agencies and private partners to improve and sustain immunization coverage and to monitor the safety of vaccines so that this public health success story can be maintained and expanded in the century to come.

–Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention

How can you reduce the spread of communicable diseases? Check all that apply.

by covering my mouth when I sneeze or cough

by washing my hands after going to the bathroom and before preparing food

by avoiding unsafe practices that can transmit diseases

by getting healthy as soon as possible

by getting recommended vaccines

by educating others about disease spread

Answer 1

Check all that apply except "by getting healthy as soon as possible." Correct choices:

- by covering my mouth when I sneeze or cough
- by washing my hands after going to the bathroom and before preparing food
- by avoiding unsafe practices that can transmit diseases
- by getting recommended vaccines
- by educating others about disease spread

"Getting healthy as soon as possible" is not a specific preventive measure to reduce transmission.