COVID-19 Pandemic trivia: 8 questions Be surprised how much you know about the pandemic by answering this quick COVID-19 Pandemic trivia quiz 1. In Canada 2021, if someone, after 3 years of fighting a progressive cancer, died with positive COVID-19 PCR test, what would be the underlying cause most likely recorded on the death certificate? COVID-19 Depends on the severity of cancer vs. COVID Cancer Both None 2. Before 2020 Canada was reporting about 40,000 cases of influenza annually (counted from Sep to Aug). How many flu cases were registered in Canada for Sep 2020 to Aug 2021 influenza season? Government of Canada, FluWatch report: July 21, 2019 to August 24, 2019 (Weeks 30 to 34) 0 69 1,342 35,992 more than 45,000 None 3. In 2018-2019 flu season Sweden registered 13,757 influenza cases (5 year lowest). How many cases of flu were registered in Sweden during 2020 – 2021 influenza season? The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Influenza in Sweden – Season 2018-2019 1 29 6,524 15,369 more than 20,000 None 4. PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) was and still is the primary test for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 (the virus causing COVID-19 disease). What is the false-positive rate of the PCR test? Note: False-positive is an erroneous detection of a subject where there is none. False-negative is not detecting a subject when it is present. 0.8% 4% 46% 97% Depends... Can be any of the above None 5. In 2019, 23 kids (0 – 19 years old) died from influenza in Canada. How many children from the same age group were pronounced dead due to COVID in TWO years (2020 – 2021)? Source: Statistics Canada. “Leading Causes of Death, Total Population, by Age Group.” Statcan.gc.ca, 26 Nov. 2020 0 20 205 3,214 more than 5000 None 6. Italy's population is 1.5X larger than Canada's, and, according to the media reports, it was hit the hardest by COVID-19 in Europe. What is the (with) COVID fatality rate of Italians under 50 (choose the closest number)? 0% 0.2% 1% 2.6% 11% None 7. Life expectancy in 2019 in Canada was 82.1 years. What’s the average age of people dying from/with COVID-19 in Canada? There is no COVID. Hence, no deaths from it. 42 55 61 84 None 8. Ontarians in 2020-2021 were constantly reminded how hospitals are overwhelmed or at risk of being overcrowded because of COVID patients. Such risk was used to justify rescheduling of surgeries and delaying other treatments. What was the actual hospital beds utilization in Ontario compared to 2019 levels? about 40% HIGHER about 25% HIGHER about the same about 10% LOWER about 40% LOWER None Time's up
