By Lucia Stein and the ABC’s foreign correspondents
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March 23, 2020 19: 48:55
With the whole world talking, reading, publishing and sharing all sorts of info about coronavirus, it can be hard to arrange through what is actually a truth and what is a misconception.
Possibly you’ve got a buddy writing on Facebook about how coronavirus will die with a change of season, or another who thinks they’ve got an exceptional home remedy to prevent themselves from getting the disease?
Whatever the case, there are some myths that keep turning up over and over again. So, we’ve gone to the professionals.
Here’s what our reporters say are some of the most popular myths around, and two experts’ handles them.
There have been some recommendations heat can kill the infection
Who is stating this? The President of the United States.
What’s being stated precisely? Donald Trump told Fox Service: “You know in April, allegedly, it dies with the hotter weather condition.”
According to CNN, he also told state governors: “You understand, a great deal of people believe that goes away in April with the heat– as the heat is available in. Typically, that will go away in April.”
How extensive is this? Well, Donald Trump’s quotes have been reported by significant news outlets.
This is what the experts informed us:
Professor of respiratory diseases at the University of Technology Sydney Brian Oliver says it would depend upon the temperature you’re discussing.
” For instance, your body temperature is 37 degrees Celsius and we know coronavirus can survive in that, so if it’s 37 C or 40 C outdoors, it would most likely make it through,” Teacher Oliver stated.
” If it were something like 50 C, well then it most likely would not survive too well. How numerous locations reach 50 C?”
Transmittable illness experts have likewise told CNN that it’s too early to say whether warmer weather condition might impact the infection, and “nobody knows enough about the unique coronavirus to make assessments about its behaviour”.
Nevertheless, Teacher Oliver stated severe heat can be helpful.
” Severe heat is utilized as a form of sterilisation in healthcare facilities,” he stated.
” And if it’s an actually warm day, the UV r