Debunking some myths about Covid-19

So today, this article won't be lengthy as usual but we will mainly focus on correcting some myths about covid-19 that has been making rounds over some months now.

Some some days now, I have been hearing and receiving some ridiculous advice people having been giving to their fellow humans without proper facts from right health regulatory bodies. In this part of the world, most times rumours tend to thrive beyond fact.

I could remember vividly when Ebola virus was the talk of town. We started hearing and receiving a lot of fake advices from spreading through several social media. WhatsApp became the most widely used media to spread false rumour and if you would agree with me, this is one of the reason WhatsApp hard to restrict the option of forwarding messages to only 5 persons.

Funny enough some people out of ignorance believed this rumours and were practicing some things like using salt to bath because they were told it cures and prevents the ebola virus😆. I practically laugh each time I remember some of my colleagues in same medical line who were learned enough to understand that such practice is not true, yet they did it ..lol.

If they could do it out of fear, what then is the fate of the masses. People will likely and most times beleive what they hear especially coming from medical personal.

I was not surprised when I started hearing some funny practices people have engaged themselves in, just because of the phobia that comes with the coronavirus. I for sure knew that with the advent of this pandemic it will definitely come with its own myths and fake rumors.

So reading this article will give you a hint and proper guidance about some rumours that has been making ground and why you need to ignore them because some of them are not true. All information here are from regulatory bodies and references to back them up are all found in the reference section of this article.

Ignorance is a disease that is plaguing we humans and the earlier we trash it out and be well informed the better for us. Science is based on fact any other thing is fallacy. We must not do things because others are doing it and as a result jeopardize our health. Let's take a look at some of this myths shall we.

🚨Taking bath with hot water cures coronavirus

This is totally false and not true. Be it hot water or cold water it does not in any way kills the virus especially if you are infected already. It is true that Corona virus is susceptible to heat but does not mean that bathing with hot water cures you of the virus.

If you feel like bathing with hot water during cold days that is fine but not compulsorily bathing with hot water just because you want to cure coronavirus or prevent it.

🚨Older people are the ones usually infected

Well it depends on how you put it. The statement is relative. Older people could be said to be susceptible to Corona virus just because of their state of health and if you would agree with me, as we age, our immunity falls; the reason why older people are more prone or likely to fall ill.

But this does not mean that coronavirus cannot affect any age bracket. Anybody can be affected take note. Prevention is better than cure

🚨Regions with hot temperature are not affected

Well it is obvious that this is false because the novel virus spread like a wild wind irrespective of the temperature of the region. Typical example is Africa and to be specific Nigeria. Before now many we are of the opinion that coronavirus is not in Nigeria and cannot survive here. I once saw a pastor preaching to his congregation and making declarative statement that

"coronavirus is not in Nigeria, what we have is corrosive anointing in place here"

You can laugh it out. I began to wonder, what is wrong with some of our religious leaders. Some even gave their members a so-called blood of Jesus that can cure coronavirus. Whaaaat!😵