Coronavirus outbreak: Separating fact from fiction amid the COVID-19 pandemic

To determine whether someone has had COVID-19, specialized antibody tests are being produced worldwide. They're meant to detect antibodies in our blood that fight off or have fought off the virus. As Crystal Goomansingh explains, health experts say more research is needed before these tests are widely used.

Plus, can blasting hot air up your nostrils, gargling vinegar, or drinking herbal tea cure COVID-19? Jeff Semple asked the experts to help us separate fact from fiction.

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[matsutakneatche]

investigate nursing homes- big cover up open up yr businesses!

[joemad]

If you get your facts from global then you're in serious trouble 😱😱😱

[jasonmurphy]

Chlor ro quin the cure yall. The tryna block it. ?

the hair dryer guy sounds like Moistly - scam artist

[uneeqqueen]

A cosmetic surgeon is an expert on the virus???😂😂😂😂😂😂

[TS-]

SARS-CoV-N, where N = mutated strain variant, uses RT-PCR amplification as a test premise. Both specificity and pre- post- viral exomones results lack causal confidence, lending to false positives and false negatives. Epstein did not commit suicide. Murdering millions, does not remove child rape bill gates.

[stewartprofessionalservice]

BC Cancer Agency across from U hospital is the best holdout. Travel is the enemy. Spread without purchase Peters out. My main and Hastings. Inside and apart by your apartment please. So mister and a temp test. The temperatures are excellent screen as public measure. The US may have pressed the test if nose or blood for accuracy abroad behind Abit like 50%. Legal hurdles. Carry on with the fight. Great cavalry all at distance as ordered. We do travel better ponies. Here come an elephant..smartly!!!

[aleshw]

What are the facts and what are the fictions?

[SkepticalChris]

Even if someone is immune, they can still spread the virus by simple being a method of transfer from someone who is carrying the virus and a potential target.

[aliengrey]

Cases are still increasing at a rate of slightly over 1% per day. Using a compound interest calculator I found that at that rate in 365 days the number of cases would be over a million. Presumably, herd immunity would kick in when the cases reach about 60% of the population, that means about 22M Canadians. The calculation requires about 665 days. So even with current levels of restrictions CoV obviously won't go away and we'll have to endure the restrictions for almost 2 years and the only reason the problem will end at all is that everybody who is possible to get infected does. A vaccine may slow it down, if an effective one is developed, but it would probably take almost the same amount of time as the herd immunity, with current estimates of when that would be, at least a year. Vaccines are not 100% effective so cases would still spread even then but at a slower rate, and if the virus mutates they would have to start the entire lengthy process again.

Point being, can the nation's economy take a shutdown until either a vaccine or herd immunity makes the problem manageable? I did see one video where a person claimed to be able to have a vaccine out in about 8 months, but it was just her word. I think the official estimates of 12-18 months would have to be taken as accurate unless someone produces good evidence to the contrary, and not just one person saying it an interview. She was representing a small company so maybe she was just seeking publicity, who knows. Anyway, a shutdown even for 8 months seems like it would have pretty drastic economic consequences to me and it will almost certainly be longer than that, with mutations it may never end even with vaccines and herd immunity to one version of the virus.

[lisatran]

Just careful when you’re doing hair blow inside your nose!

[jomclean]

Steam .hot water in a basin .towel over head