Hello everyone and welcome to our first module of Epi One.
We're starting off with the topic of disease transmission,
a topic you might already be somewhat familiar with
given the events of the last few years,
and you may therefore also be familiar
with a lot of what public health officials, epidemiologists,
and what we do as a public to contain the spread of disease.
In this course,
we'll put some more formal epidemiology language
around this,
and we'll talk about other scenarios than Covid 19 as well.
If you scroll down below this video,
what you'll see is typical
of what you'll see in every module.
You'll see that you have a learning objective,
reading assignments, a lecture to watch,
and you'll also see that your first problem set assignment
is due at the end of the week.
Become familiar with this layout because again,
this is what you can expect in almost every module.
One point I'd like to make here,
which applies to all modules,
is that the lecture is not intended
as a substitute for the textbook.
Topics felt most important to highlight
are pulled out and provided as examples in the lecture.
But if the lecture
covered every single thing in the textbook,
it would be excessively long.
So the lecture therefore focuses
on what is felt to be the biggest highlights.
Your problem sets and quizzes
will draw from all material, however.
So if you have any questions
on material outside of the lecture,
please do not hesitate to be in touch.
Enjoy this material, take care,
and reach out if you have any questions,
and I will see you in the next module.