Virus epidemic-The uncovered COVID-19 myth is still thriving online | Editorial

Disinformation of the virus is one of the many factors that make the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 very serious.

The spread of falsehood continues online as our local hospital begins inoculating front-line workers treating more than 100 COVID-19 patients. Healthcare professionals are begging our community to help mitigate the spread of this virus.

Even in a perfect world where everyone has good information, pandemics can be stressful. The situation is exacerbated when combined with a group of people who are trying to downplay the virus.

This is some of the falsehoods the Associated Press has put together regarding COVID-19 and is still receiving a lot of attention online.

The mask has been proven to work.

Early mixed messaging caused some confusion. Public health officials said there was no need to wear or buy a mask at the beginning of March. At that time, there was a shortage of N95 masks for healthcare professionals. They later reversed the course and urged the general public to wear a cloth mask and face cover outside.

For example, some social media users have disseminated a March video of Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top U.S. government infectious disease expert, stating that people “should not walk around with masks.” I will. Facing in public. The clip version has been viewed millions of times on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

Its obsolete use of information has declined and flowed, but has recently revived.

This is the truth — masks prevent the spread of virus particles. Last month, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which continues to advise Americans to wear masks, cited a study that suggested that masks could protect wearers and others.

COVID-19 has been confused by some politicians, despite multiple condemned claims, but has proven to be far more deadly.

Due to the early similarities between COVID-19 and influenza symptoms, many speculated that there would be no significant difference between the two illnesses.

COVID-19 has accused the deaths of more than 300,000 Americans this year and killed approximately 1.5 million people worldwide. By comparison, the CDC estimates that there are 12,000 to 61,000 influenza-related deaths each year.

The symptoms of COVID-19 are much more severe and can last for months. Health experts have also discovered a variety of strange coronavirus symptoms, from fog in the brain to swelling in the toes.

A social media post allegedly compares 2020 mortality with previous year’s data, misrepresenting that US mortality has not changed in 2020.

According to Reuters, the CDC released an analysis of deaths from January 26 to October 3 in mid-October, revealing an estimated 299,028 over-deaths by 2020. Of those figures, the CDC estimated that 66% or 198,081 were due to COVID-19. That number is probably underestimated, the CDC said.

Other studies support the controversy.

The Journal of the American Medical Association examined data from March to July and found that the number of deaths in the United States increased by 20% during this period. Reuters reported that COVID-19 was due to 67% of this excess.

Taking it one step further from reality, vaccination opponents pushed the conspiracy theory and mistakenly accused the virus of being part of a global program for COVID-19, microchipping billions of people through high-volume vaccination. I’ve seen you insist.

Skepticism is also rising, centered on the speed of vaccine development. For example, a video watched nearly 100,000 times on social media falsely claimed that pharmaceutical companies skipped animal testing of vaccines. In fact, the vaccine was tested in mice and macaques.

Still, according to this month’s survey by the Associated Press-National Pollster Center, only about half of Americans are willing to receive the vaccine.

Frequently viral misinformation, disseminated by some celebrities and elected officials and then casually rattled, only exacerbates the bad situation. The deliberate ignorance of those who worked to undermine efforts to control COVID-19 is blamed and stupid.

As Americans, we value our freedom and take great pride in our independence. But when you look at this problem like an adult, the sacrifice we have to make to control this pandemic is minimal.