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Answer Key:
1. A
2. B
(SARS-CoV-2 is the phenotypic classification of
this new and novel corona virus; COVID-19 is the
disease so named after corona virus emerging in 2019
in Wuhan, China)
3. C & D
4. B (The multiple spike proteins look like a crown by
electron microscopy. This RNA positive sense virus
is ready to go when it attaches and fuses to the host,
needing no change in the host when it successfully
enters.)
5. B
6. C
7. H (Fever is not an early part of the disease as up to
30% had no fever on admission to New York hospitals
during their first wave.)
8. All answers are correct

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9. A (Children have less ACE2, receptors making them
less likely to get the disease although Multisystem
Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS) has sickened children
with black children disproportionately higher.)
10. E
11. A is the only moderate COVID-19 illness. Anything
beyond that is severe.
12. E. It is all related to differential blood flow in the
lungs to bronchioles and alveoli.
13. E
14. All answers are true (Closing toilet lids prevents
aerosolization of SARS-CoV-2 which can be recovered from feces. An outbreak in a Wuhan apartment
building was linked to aerosolization from a closed
(and inadequate) ventilation system in the building.)
15. A. False
B. True
C. True
D. False (Although women between ages 25-34 are more
than half of women giving birth, they are more likely
to survive COVID-19 if they contract disease.)
E. True (The highest death rate is in ages 35-44.)
F. False (In MMWR, death rate was reported as 0
in H1N1 flu whereas death rates are high with
COVID-19.)
G. False (Racial and ethnic disparities abound.)

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