STRANGE FACTS ABOUT COVID 19 - Part - IV.

Contd ..... from Part III

It make sense to wear a mask for those who are afraid to infect others. 

It does not provide 100% protection, but slightly reduces the risk to others.

Contrary to popular belief, pets can not spread the coronavirus. No cases of human infection from a dog or cat have yet been reported.

But the virus can be picked up in an absolutely empty room, where the infected had previously been present.

In the air, the coronavirus remains viable (that is, it can infect healthy people)  for three hours.

On plastic and steel surfaces, SARC-Cov-2 remains dangerous for upto three days, on paper and cardboard -  up to a day, on copper - up to four hours.

That is why the main and most reliable means of prevention is to wash your hands thoroughly after contacting any surfaces outside your home.

If there is no opportunity to wash your hands with soap, use hand gel antiseptic.

At the very least, miramistin or chlorhexidine will do for disinfection: they both destroy bacteria and viruses.

Antibiotics against coronavirus are useless.

Lockdown and other restrictive measures may be extended around the world (with short interruptions) until a vaccine or effective treatment for Covid 19 are found.

It is absolutely clear that an effective vaccine for coronavirus will not appear earlier than in a year - year and a half,  or end of 2021. At this point the threat are likely to get sick.

Vaccine may never appear at all. The whole world has been trying to develop a vaccine against HIV for 35 years - this mounted to nothing. Although HIV pills have already been developed for effective prevention.

There is no specific therapy for SARS-CoV-2 yet. Infected people are treated exclusively symptomatically, that is, they are fighting not with the disease itself, but with manifestations of a disease.

(This is for information only. Not to be used for treatment. In the case of coronavirus infection you may contact the concerned health experts.)

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KV George

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