1) Which Scandinavian country decided not to implement strict quarantine measures for Covid-19?
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2) Which world leader recommended wearing masks as a way to prevent “speaking moistly” on others?
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3) Trump has repeatedly recommended (and claimed to be taking) hydroxychloroquine as a preventative measure against Covid-19. What parasitic disease is it actually supposed to treat?
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4) Which Prime Minister of a former EU nation contracted coronavirus in March?
COVID-19 SCIENCE
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5) What does Covid-19 stand for?
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Which of the following coronavirus conspiracy theories has not been proposed?
a) 5G causes coronavirus.
b) The coronavirus vaccine will contain a microchip designed by Bill Gates.
c) Coronavirus was deliberately created in a laboratory.
d) Because children have milder coronavirus symptoms on average, people with more kids have greater resistance to the disease.
e) Cocaine protects against Covid-19.
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This animal has been suggested as one of the possible sources of coronavirus.
PANDEMICS HISTORICAL, AND FICTIONAL
PANDEMICS OF HISTORICAL, AND FICTIONAL
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In the 2007 sci-fi horror film I Am Legend Will Smith plays one of the only survivors of a genetically modified strain of which virus, currently making a comeback in the US thanks to anti-vaccers?
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9) The word quarantine comes from the Italian word originating in the 17th century as a name for the practice of forcing ships to wait in the harbour for a period of time before disembarking. How many days was a quarantine?
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10) The Black Death was erroneously thought to be spread to humans from rats in the Middle Ages. What animal was actually spreading the disease?
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11) Edward Jenner is largely credited for inventing the smallpox vaccine, but the process of creating immunity had been practiced in many places for hundreds of years before Jenner came up with the idea: name one of those places.
CURES!
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12) A UK based trial of the drug dexamethasone has found that it significantly reduces the risk of death from Covid-19. What type of strengthening organic compound is dexamethasone?
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13) Medieval doctors believed that bloodletting had beneficial medical properties. What is the technical term for extracting blood?
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14) This word originally meant "I shall be pleasing to you" in Latin before becoming a medical effect in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
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15) This Greek goddess's name means "universal health or cure." The daughter of Asclepius, and granddaughter of Apollo, her name has been used to describe ginseng, the red sap of the elephant tree, and opium.