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NOVA: Decoding COVID-19 Questions
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/decoding-covid-19/
1. What location was a major suspect in the spread of the deadly SARS outbreak in 2002?
2. The virus was out in the world probably evolving in what animal?
3. What are little more than a set of genetic instructions, wrapped in a fatty shell with protein
spikes?
4. What do scientists estimate there are more of in the world than stars in the universe?
5. Who are the “bad guys”?
6. Who are the “good guys”?
7. Did everyone who got infected from the virus know they had it?
8. Studies reveal the virus can remain infectious on some surfaces for up to how many days?
9. The virus outbreak is somewhat reminiscent of what crisis?
10. The spread of this virus is no joke. It is crucial for people to do what?
11. What are antibodies?
12. What is the issue with most commercial tests?
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13. What do antibody tests tell?
14. During a plasma donation, the blood flows into a machine that separates the plasma from what?
15. Why are emerging infectious diseases challenging?
16. In late April, the N.I.H. announces that preliminary data from a study of the antiviral drug
remdesivir. What were the results?
17. How does this end?
18. What is the Holy Grail for science?
19. How do vaccines work?
20. What is the advantage of R.N.A. vaccines?
21. What did Google and Apple develop in response to this virus?
22. What do pandemics, like COVID-19, tell us?
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