COVID-19 and the air surrounding it

[flofrog]

Here are some interesting little tidbits from a french virologist, just in case

Unfortunately, this is a fake, which has spread in multiple countries, with minor variations. A "viral meme" which I saw debunked by a doctor in a Swedish newspaper this morning.

It's a mixture of accurate information and things which are made up. Accurate things include symptoms of the virus, and in the version I saw debunked, also that it can move up to 3 meters when people cough. Inaccurate things include how to stop it, e.g. the claim that drinkably warm liquids kill it is false. Hot and cold in drinks does not matter.

About masks, the simplest type does not protect the person who wears it, but only limits the risk that the person who wears it infects others. (People cough into the mask instead of spreading it further.) The types of mask which protect against the virus are more heavy equipment.

The part about fibrosis does not apply to people whose lungs are preserved. It mixes up how the virus works in mild infections with what happened to a few elderly Chinese patients who died of the virus (where fibrosis was found in the lungs after they died).

There's a rapidly increasing amount of fake expert advice floating around the web. Personally, I keep things simple: I expect that, like the vast majority, I'll catch the virus sometime later this year, and it may mean a lousy week or two.

I am really sorry I posted it then ... apologies to all, I liked the hot beverage thing ...