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Uncommon card · Science
Epidemic, an Uncommon card
An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of hosts in a given population within a short period of time.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 83,000
Ranked #2,162 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Epidemic quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Epidemic card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of counties in Missouri. List of counties in Missouri 81 · Quantum chromodynamics 75 · Epidemic 71 · Amide 68 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Quantum chromodynamics. Quantum chromodynamics 120,000 · Epidemic 83,000 · List of counties in Missouri 64,000 · Atomic absorption spectroscopy 38,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- For example, in meningococcal infections, an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered an epidemic.
- Epidemics of infectious disease are generally caused by several factors including a change in the ecology of the host population, a genetic change in the pathogen reservoir or the introduction of an emerging pathogen to a host population.
- Generally, an epidemic occurs when host immunity to either an established pathogen or newly emerging novel pathogen is suddenly reduced below that found in the endemic equilibrium and the transmission threshold is exceeded.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Epidemic article was read about 83,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Epidemic
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Epidemic (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Delphi234, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
