Weekly Health Quiz: Obesity, Disease and Vaccines

1 Mercola.com recently celebrated its ____ anniversary.

• 20^th
• 21^st
• 22^nd
• 23^rd

  Thankfully, we've been able to reach hundreds of millions of people throughout the years. And although we've made improvements to the functionality and design of the site, its goal remains the same: to offer practical health solutions and tools that will help people take control of their health. Learn more.

2 COVID-19 patients given a combination of vitamin D, magnesium and vitamin B12 were significantly less likely to:

• Develop a rash
• Have gastrointestinal problems
• Require oxygen therapy and intensive care

  Significant benefits were seen among the DMB group, with only 17.6% requiring initiation of oxygen therapy during their hospitalization, compared to 61.5% of those in the control group. The requirement for oxygen is associated with an increased risk of needing intensive care, and the DMB group also benefitted in this area. Learn more.

• Lose their sense of taste

3 Health officials in several countries have issued guidelines for safer sex during the pandemic. These include:

• Masturbating alone or together
• Having sex through a physical barrier
• Wearing a mask and avoiding kissing
• All of the above

  Guidelines for safer sex during the pandemic include wearing a mask, avoiding kissing, sticking to masturbation and having sex online, even though this means every encounter will be indefinitely stored and could end your career if hacked or shared. Learn more.

4 Evidence suggests the COVID-19 pandemic may be part of a larger plan to usher in:

• Technocracy — a resource-based economic system in which unelected leaders decide which resources can be used and by whom

  Evidence suggests the COVID-19 pandemic may be part of a larger plan to usher in technocracy — a resource-based economic system in which energy and social engineering run the economy rather than pricing mechanisms such as supply and demand. Learn more.

• Social justice reforms
• Worldwide democracy
• A fiat financial system

5 Which of the following is a key culprit in the rise of obesity and chronic diseases that in turn worsen the risk of death from COVID-19?

• Vaccine deficiency
• Processed foods

  Processed foods, junk foods and soft drinks are key culprits in the rise of obesity and chronic diseases that in turn increase the likelihood of death from COVID-19. Learn more.

• Vitamin D deficiency
• Air pollution

6 Which of the following have been enlisted by the World Health Organization to help build trust in the organization's coronavirus recommendations and counter dissenting views?

• Front-line medical doctors
• Nobel Prize winning scientists
• Celebrities and social media influencers

  Celebrities and social media influencers have been enlisted by the World Health Organization to help build trust in the organization's coronavirus recommendations and to counter dissenting views. Learn more.

• None of the above. WHO does not engage in deceptive PR practices

7 Which of the following errors were routinely occurring at Elmhurst Hospital Center in New York, thereby increasing the COVID-19 death toll?

• Patients who tested negative for COVID-19 were treated as positive
• Noninfected patients were roomed with confirmed positive patients
• COVID-19 patients were routinely placed on mechanical ventilation
• All of the above

  Elmhurst Hospital routinely treated COVID-negative patients as positive, placed noninfected and infected patients in the same room, and put COVID-19 patients on mechanical ventilation even though it was known to increase the risk of death. Learn more.