IDS Club
COVID
Plagues and Pathogens
Vaccines
100

The IDS manages three branches. What are they?

Volunteer, Magazine, and Research

100

What does COVID-19 stand for? 

Coronavirus Disease of 2019

100

What infectious disease has killed the most humans in history?

Tuberculosis (TB)

100

True/False: Flu vaccines are available at Brown for free

True (get your flu shots!)

200

The most recent issue of IDS magazine was about infectious diseases in what global issue? 

Politics


200

The first COVID-19 lockdowns began in what month and year?

January 2020

200

The name of the bacteria that caused the Black Death

Yersinia Pestis

200

What is the MMR vaccine short for?

Measles, Mumps, Rubella

300

What organization does the volunteer team work with? 

Project WEBER/RENEW

300

Which country has the most confirmed cases of COVID-19

The United States 
300

What does the acronym HIV stands for?

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

300

What disease was the first ever vaccine developed for? 

Smallpox

400

Who are the Magazine Editors in Chief? 

Alvaro and Kiara

400

What was the deadliest COVID-19 variant? 

Beta

400

The infectious fungus in the TV Show The Last of Us is based on this real-world fungal pathogen

Cordyceps

400

What type of cancer does the HPV vaccine help prevent?

Cervical cancer

500

What was the field and research topic of the Research team last year? 

Computational Biology, Mutations in COVID-19 Spike Protein

500

What was the first country to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine?  

United Kingdom

500

March of Dimes was a nationwide fundraiser to eradicate what virus?

Polio

500

What is the most common vaccine administered globally? 

Tuberculosis (TB)

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