Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UO3Wd5urg0

https://www.hoover.org/research/questioning-conventional-wisdom-covid-19-crisis-dr-jay-bhattacharya-1

1) What is the formula for measured case fatality rate?

2) What is wrong with the denominator of this formula?

3) What is PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test?

4) What kind of test is used to show the correct number of people infected in the population?

5) Dr. Jay Bhattacharya says the fatality rate could be 0.1% like the flu or 1% (which is high), what are his suggestions for dealing with each scenario?

6) To understand the problems associated with unemployment: a recession is when your neighbors lose their jobs; a depression is when you lose your job. COVID-19 has destroyed our way of life and halted the U.S. economy. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya argues that many lives lost from the destruction of the global economy is just as or much worse than the lives lost from COVID-19, do you agree or disagree with his argument in the video? Explain your reasons.

7) Dr. Jay Bhattacharya says that it is a new normal for pandemics to occur more often in the future. What are some of the recent pandemics that he mentions in the video?

8) Why does Dr. Jay Bhattacharya ride his bike to work?