Frag Out! Magazine
Issue link: https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/1258433
TRUE MYTH TRUE MYTH Frequent handwashing and avoiding people is an overkill. Nothing would happen if I go to my friend's birthday party. NIE, niestety, nie jest to infekcja, którą można zwyczajnie przeleżeć w łóżku. Mimo, że część pacjentów Unfortunately - no. Isolation is virtually the sole option available to us, to protect ourselves from getting infected. Keeping 1.5-2 meters distance, not shaking hands, thorough and frequent washing of the hands with soap and water and implementing home quarantine when a suspicion emerges that we could get infected - all those steps minimize the actual chance of getting infected. Garlic, vitamin C and vegetarian diet could improve my immunity thus protecting me from the virus NO. Absolutely no method increases the efficiency of a well-functioning immune system. And this is the case in most of us. Any disruptions of the immune systems are usually recognized as serious illnesses that cannot be treated at home. Persons suffering from diseases as such receive constant medical care and take proper medicines. Meanwhile, healthy persons would not offer a boost to their immune system by eating garlic, onion, or by administering vitamin C, in any form. Furthermore, taking dietary supplements, especially ones procured online, could pose a threat to one's health. One can overdose any substance, this applies to vitamins as well. TRUE MYTH I must inform the emergency medics about any symptoms of all persons at home, even if I am calling the ambulance for other reasons, such as my grandfather having a heart attack. This is a very important matter. Information as such has no impact on the time during which the ambulance arrives, on the composition of the team, or the type of help provided. The ambulance, with qualified and well-prepared personnel, would arrive as quickly as possible. However, during the pandemic, the extra information remains relevant when it comes to the health and safety of the medical personnel. Keeping the infection information secret could pose a risk of infection for the rescue team and, thus, also for the remaining hospital employees! The rescuers would enter your house to help your relatives or take them to the hospital. They would also have some contact with those staying at home, who could infect them with the virus. If they are informed about potential infection at home, they could get ready to provide help safely, for instance by suiting up. This would protect them and the hospital personnel from spreading the virus. ANALYSIS