COVID-19 Quiz

True or False: The novel coronavirus is the same as COVID-19.(Required)

True

False

True or False: A person who has no symptoms of COVID-19 is not a risk to others?(Required)

True

False

True or False: People under age 35 in the US can get infected with coronavirus, and get sick, but there are no reported COVID deaths of young adults in this age group(Required)

True

False

More than six weeks after declaring a national emergency, what share of the US population had been tested?(Required)

On March 1st, there were fewer than a dozen known COVID-19 related deaths in the US. Two months later, how many COVID-19 deaths were reported in the US?(Required)

About 20,000

About 40,000

About 60,000

About 80,000

Where was the first known death due to COVID-19 in the US?(Required)

Washington State

California

New York

Oregon

True or False: The Administration and Congress waived all out-of-pocket costs for people who receive treatment for COVID-19, including the uninsured and people with coverage from public programs (like Medicare and Medicaid) and private insurance.(Required)

True

False

When experts talk about flattening the curve, what does that mean?(Required)

It’s an axiom that means follow the evidence, rather than trust appearances, such as the earth appearing flat when it is actually round

It means to slow the spread of a virus to reduce the peak number of cases and related demands on hospitals and infrastructure

It means to arrive at the point in the pandemic when the number of daily deaths due to COVID-19 are flat

Who was the first governor to close schools in response to the pandemic?(Required)

Andrew Cuomo (NY)

Larry Hogan (MD)

Mike DeWine (OH)

Gavin Newsom (CA)

What is herd immunity?(Required)

A situation where you purposefully get diseases from animals in order to protect yourself from future disease

A situation in which a sufficient proportion of a population is immune to an infectious disease (through vaccination and/or prior illness) to make its spread from person to person unlikely

When a sufficient number of animals are immune from disease that they are less likely to transmit it to humans

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