6 Coronavirus COVID-19 mythbusters
6 Coronavirus COVID-19 mythbusters 1. How effective are thermal scanners in detecting people infected with the new coronavirus? Thermal scanner used to detech temperature through visual indication. When someon has fever due to the virus, they will be visibly different color-wise when looking from the thermal scanner. Therefore it is effective in detecting people who have already developed a fever. However, the machine cannot detect people who has not yet develop the symptoms with fever eventhough they are infected as the virus can takes between 2 and 10 days before people who are infected become sick and develop a fever. 2. Can spraying alcohol or chlorine all over your body kill the new coronavirus? Spraying yourself with alcohol or chlorine will not kill the virus that have already entered your body. Spaying such substances can be harmful to clothes or your eyes and mouth. Although Alchohol and chlorine can be useful to disinfect surfaces, these products need to be used under appropriate instructions and applications. 3. Do vaccines against pneumonia protect you against the new coronavirus? Vaccines against pneumonia such as pnuemococcal vaccine and Haemophilus influeza type B (Hib) vaccine do not provide protection against the new coronavirus. Although these vaccine are not effective against COVID-19, vaccination against respiratory illnesses in general is highly recommended to protect your health. Currently, researchers around the world are conducting research to develop a vaccine against COVID-19. 4. Does the new coronavirus affect
