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      Quiz: How much do you really know about COVID-19

      Think you are up to speed on the novel coronavirus? Take this quiz to test your virus knowledge.

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      Since January, when the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it had identified a new virus and declared its outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, COVID-19 has dominated headlines—and our daily lives.

      There is much we have learned about the novel coronavirus, also known as SARS-CoV-2, since then—and much public health experts continue to untangle about the virus seemingly every day.

      Is it mutating? Does warmer weather have any impact on its spread? Are men and women getting sick in the same way?

      Researchers around the world, including those at Johnson & Johnson, are exploring some of these questions as they work hard on identifying investigational vaccine candidates.

      Want to test your own COVID-19 know-how? Take our quiz—and learn more about what it might take to help fight the pandemic.

      1.

      What does COVID-19 stand for?

      2.

      What other viruses belong to the coronavirus family?

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      True or False: A vaccine stimulates your immune system to produce antibodies, like it would if you were exposed to the virus.

      4.

      There are currently vaccines for the following coronaviruses:

      5.

      How many vaccine candidates for COVID-19 have been proposed?

      6.

      True or False: The virus is mutating rapidly.

      7.

      How does weather seem to affect the novel coronavirus?

      8.

      Currently, which group has had more severe effects of COVID-19?

      9.

      True or False: COVID-19 has currently been detected on all seven continents.

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