Spanish Flu
No one knows where exactly it had originated from, but many people speculated it started in (blank).
What is the answer to the blank word?
Spain
The Swine Flu presumably came from swines. What is a swine?
A swine is a pig.
What animal did bats give MERS to? This animal reportedly gave it humans.
Camels
Where did SARS originate?
Veracruz, Mexico
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What US state has the most COVID-19 cases?
New York
How many people died because of the Spanish Flu?
50 million people
Both the Swine Flu and Spanish Flu are strands of the virus H1N1. H1N1 is a subtype of what?
Influenza A
Where have most of the MERS cases been located?
Arabian Peninsula
What does SARS stand for?
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Where did COVID-19 start? What city and place?
Wuhan, China in a live exotic animal market
What percent of the world's population at the time got infected by the Spanish Flu? Hint - it was a total of 500 million people.
1/3 or 33%
What age group was in the most risk during the Swine Flu?
A. Children/younger people
B. Middle age
C. Elders/older people
Children/younger people
This is because some older people were already immune to it (they had got it in some way or fashion before). Most infections came in the 18-64 age range, but children from ages 0-17 were at more risk because they had never been exposed to it before.
What country is the only nation outside of the Arabian Peninsula to have a MERS outbreak?
South Korea
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What are five of the symptoms of SARS? (in the presentation, eight were mentioned)
Fever, chills, unusual fatigue, diarrhea, muscle aches, headaches, dry cough, and difficulty breathing
How many countries have cases of COVID-19?
A. 110
B. 67
C. 158
D. 177
D. 177 countries
From what year to what year did the Spanish Flu outbreak happen?
1918-1920
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About how many people worldwide were infected by the Swine Flu? In how many countries?
1.4 billion people in over 213 countries
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What two countries had the first reported MERS cases? What year was it in?
Saudi Arabia and Jordan / 2012
What southern Chinese province was the first reported case in?
Guangdong, China
On what date did the World Health Organization announce COVID-19 as a pandemic?
March 12, 2020
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Spanish Flu and Swine Flu are both strands of the H1N1 virus. What does H1N1 stand for?
Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase
How many people were hospitalized in the United States because of the Swine Flu?
A. 162,208 hospitalizations
B. 481,956 hospitalizations
C. 274,304 hospitalizations
D. 12,469 hospitalizations
E. 892,176 hospitalizations
C. 274,304 hospitalizations
Math problem time:
There were about 2,500 reported cases of MERS. Use the mortality rate of MERS to about how many deaths there have been.
Answer: 875 deaths.
The mortality rate is 35%. There have actually been 858 deaths caused by MERS (2,500 reported cases isn't exact)
How many countries had cases of SARS?
26 countries
As of April 18th, the United States had 716,995 cases of COVID-19. How many cases are there worldwide? What percentage of COVID-19 cases come from the United States on April 18th?
Round your answer to the thousandths place (answer should be like 100.938, not 100.94)
As of April 18th, there are 2.2 million COVID-19 cases. The United States has 32.6% of all cases.