lecture 3 COVID

Question 1

COVID in a pig is called

Answer 1

porcine deltacoronavirus

Question 2

primary host of COVID ZOONOSIS

Answer 2

BAT

Question 3

INTERMEDIATE HOST OF COVID ZOONPOSIS

Answer 3

PANGOLIN

Question 4

what domestic animals besides bats transmit COVID to humans?

Answer 4

ferrets, hamsters, shrew, cats

Question 5

which animals do not do COVID zoonosis?

Answer 5

pigs and poultry

Question 6

why can the syrian hamster transmit covid?

Answer 6

hamster ACE2 is similar to human ACE2

Question 7

animal testing was done in which animals (KCMO)?

Answer 7

mice, syrian hamsters, monkeys

Question 8

SARS originally came from

Answer 8

animal wet markets in wuhan china

Question 9

SARS causes high mortality in which popoulation?

Answer 9

elderly

Question 10

difference between SARS and Wuhan

Answer 10

Sars- civet cat to bat; Wuhan- pangolin to bat

Question 11

how long does COVID aerosol live?

Answer 11

few hours

Question 12

COVID can last on surfaces for how long?

Answer 12

hours sometimes days

Question 13

what reduces COVID virus time?

Answer 13

cleaning and warm temps

Question 14

why are viruses transmitted more in winter pathologically?

Answer 14

membrane more rubbery. last in cold and dry environment

Question 15

why are viruses transmitted more in winter between humans?

Answer 15

close contact, less vitamin D, low phys activity

Question 16

what is the loss of life expectancy for COVID?

Answer 16

2 years

Question 17

leading causes (top3) of death in US are?

Answer 17

heart disease , cancer, COVID

Question 18

COVID blocks what other problems? why?

Answer 18

flu and RSV; bc they compete for cell machinery

Question 19

which places have higher booster rates in the US?

Answer 19

west and east coast

Question 20

the inflection point indicates

Answer 20

a change between things going good to bad or vice versa

Question 21

inequality related to COVID is ebcause of

Answer 21

SES, race,

Question 22

flu variants occur because?

Answer 22

since RNA dependent RNA polymerase makes mistakes in copying itself

Question 23

social distancing helps with lowering total infections T/F?

Answer 23

FALSE- it only heps to lower daily infections

Question 24

vaccine protection in a bunch of people protecting unvaxxed ppl is called __.

Answer 24

herd immunity

Question 25

flattening the curve does not change numbers, but rather__

Answer 25

access to healthcare