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With information on the pandemic constantly changing it can be hard to tell fact from fiction.
So world health officials are busting some of the most popular myths about the novel coronavirus.
There is a conspiracy theory going around that the new coronavirus can spread through 5G mobile networks.
But according to the World Health Organization that is false.
Even countries without 5G are seeing the virus spread.
It goes from person to person through air droplets or from germs on contaminated surfaces that are touched and not washed off.
You cannot prevent the new coronavirus by drinking alcohol, eating garlic, exposing yourself to the sun, taking a hot bath, using hand dryers or ultraviolet disinfection lamps.
Spraying alcohol or chlorine on surfaces can disinfect them but spraying those chemicals on your body won’t kill any viruses that have already entered your body.
COVID-19 can spread in any climate, hot and humid or in cold weather.
Rinsing your nose with saline won’t prevent infection.
Antibiotics will only kill bacteria not viruses so they won’t work either.
The new coronavirus cannot be transmitted through mosquito bites.
Being able to hold your breath for 10 seconds or more without coughing or feeling discomfort does not mean you’re COVID-19 free.
And catching the coronavirus doesn’t mean it’ll stay with you for life.
Most people who catch COVID-19 recover.
Posted – 4.21.20