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Questions
1. What is SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus), and how does it compare to the seasonal flu virus and the common cold virus?
2. What is COVID-19, and what is the meaning of the name?
3. What is the history of SARS-CoV-2? What is a zoonotic disease? How did the coronavirus come to humans?
4. What are other coronavirus diseases have humans suffered from in the recent past?
5. What are the symptoms of COVID-19? What people are most susceptible to suffering and potentially dying from being infected by the coronavirus?
6. What does an epidemiologist do? What is the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?
7. If COVID-19 is another virus-induced disease, why is the response to this virus different than any other virus you can remember? Do you ever remember countries around the world closing businesses, closing schools, sending people home for months?
8. How many people are infected each year from the seasonal flu and how many people die on average each year in the US from the flu? How many people total have been infected, and how many people have died in the US from COVID-19?
9. What does "flattening the curve" mean? Why is that so important?
10. From what you have learned about the immune system, discuss the human body's responses to a virus. Be sure to include innate and adaptive immune response. What is herd immunity?
12. What is the difference between antiviral medication, antibody therapy, and a vaccine? Briefly describe the pluses and minuses of each. What are Evusheld, Paxlovid, and Molnupiravir?
13. What is a booster shot and why is it recommended that certain people get one?
14. "We have to come to accept that covid is endemic." What does this statement mean?
15. Distinguish between the FDA, CDC, and the WHO.