COVID 19
What is the reason Covid 19 is called a "corona" virus?
Researchers sponsored by the Mexican brewing company first discovered it.
It looks like the corona of the sun under the microscope.
It looks like it has a crown under the microscope.
It was named after Maria Corona the first person to see a virus under a microscope.
The picture shows a Russian vaccination program.
When are you contagious after you contract Covid 19?
2 days before symptoms and for a further 10 to 20 days.
5 days before symptoms and for a further 5 days.
0 days before symptoms and for a further 7 days.
0 days before symptoms and for a further 1 month.
You get symptoms 2 to 14 days after exposure to the virus.
Which of the following is incorrect about COVID 19 vaccine related pericarditis and myocarditis?
It can occur with mRNA vaccines.
It most frequently affects young men after the second dose.
You have more chance of getting myocarditis from Covid than from the vaccine.
When it occurs the myocarditis often causes a dilated cardiomyopathy.
Myocarditis and pericarditis are very uncommon after the vaccine, even in young men. And if you get it the symptoms are generally mild without long term consequences like dilative cardiomyopathy.
Which is the following is not true about Omicron.
It is the 15th letter in the Greek alphabet.
WHO skipped "Nu" and "Xi" which were the next 2 Greek letters.
Omicron is less contagious than the Delta strain
Omicron is the dominant variant in the UK and USA.
WHO skipped Nu--because it sounded like NEW. They skipped Xi because in a culturally sensitive moment they realised Xi is a quite common Chinese surname. Mind you they didn't care about airlines (Delta) and beer (Corona).
All of the following statements about the 1918 "Spanish flu" are correct except one.
In the European autumn of 1918 and winter of 1919 it killed more people than World War 1.
Total world wide deaths were estimated at 30 million.
In Nov and Dec 1918 1 in 5 people in Samoa died from it.
100,000 died in Australia.
It is estimated about 15,000 died in Australia from the Spanish flu. A 1918 ditty sung by undertakers went: I had a little bird. And its name was Enza. I opened a window. And influenza.
About the drug Remdesivir. Which of the following is incorrect?
It is an antiviral and may improves some selected patients.
It is available in Australia for outpatient treatment.
The dose is 200mg IV day 1 then 100mg IV daily for 5 to 10 days.
Approved for people over 12 yrs of age with Covid pneumonia needing oxygen.
Australia's TGA approves its use in some hospitalised patients with pneumonia on oxygen. A recent Cochrane review suggests it might decrease your chance of being ventilated but not your chance of dying. Remember Tamiflu?
Which of the following Local Government areas has the lowest percentage of double vaccinated adults?
Byron.
Inner West.
Sydney.
Randwick.
And the loser is Sydney (Newtown, Ultimo etc) with 74.4%. Its neighbour--Randwick has 80.4%, Inner West 82.4% whilst alternative life style Byron has a higher 85.3% at the time of writing.
Which of the following drugs has not been been provisionally approved by the Australian TGA (Therapeutic Goods Association)?
Hydroxychloroquine (PLAQUENIL)
Dexamethasone.
Tocilizumab (ACTEMRA)
Sotrovimab (XEVUDY)
Xevudy has been shown to decrease hospitalisation in patients with mild to moderate Covid. Even Trump stopped Plaquenil and allowed patients with rheumatoid arthritis to get access to it again.
If you are looking for a holiday locally, which of these countries has the highest fully vaccinated population?
Fiji.
Vanuatu.
Papua New Guinea.
Indonesia
Fiji with 67.1% is easily the highest followed by Indonesia with a pretty low 40.1%, Vanuatu with 16% and coming last is PNG with a very low 2.4%.
Which of the following "cures" were not recommended during the "Black Death" plague of 1348?
Drinking 10 year old treacle.
Eating arsenic.
Rubbing your body with cats urine.
Sitting in a sewer to drive out the fever.
Pretty hard to obtain the urine I would have thought--unless you used a special urinary CATheter.