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 Top Fake NewsThe messages started making rounds on social media when someone falsely stated that the wire in the top of your surgical mask is actually a 5G antenna that the government can use to track your whereabouts via radio waves. They also claim it can give you brain cancer. In reality, that harmless wire is only there so you can fit the mask around the bridge of your nose. Face masks should not gap there, so few respiratory droplets can escape. Steve Sbraccia, a consumer investigator for CBS17, did some digging and found that the original patent for these disposable face masks dates back to the 1970s—way before any modern-day technology existed. The patent shows that the plastic-wrapped wire is there to make the mask safe and snug on your face. This is not the first outlandish idea about 5G that has stemmed from the pandemic panic. Another similar coronavirus myth claimed that the illness was created and transmitted through cell phone signals. That misinformation spread so far that the World Health Organization (WHO) had to debunk it. "Viruses cannot travel on radio waves or mobile networks," WHO states in the video below. "COVID-19 is spreading in many countries that do not have 5G mobile networks." |
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Antibacterial soap may sound a lot better than the standard bar of soap. But it's important to remember that the coronavirus is just that—a virus, not a bacterial infection. So antibacterial soap doesn't offer any extra protection at all. The CDC even notes that "studies have not found any added health benefit from using soaps containing antibacterial ingredients when compared with plain soap." In fact, antibacterial soap could be hurting you. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) notes that "some data suggests that antibacterial ingredients could do more harm than good in the long-term and more research is needed." In 2016, the FDA even banned 19 supposedly antibacterial additives commonly found in over-the-counter soaps. "There's no data demonstrating that these drugs provide additional protection from diseases and infections. Using these products might give people a false sense of security," Theresa M. Michele, MD, of the FDA's Division of Nonprescription Drug Products, said in a statement. "If you use these products because you think they protect you more than soap and water, that's not correct." All soap is hydrophobic, as Time explains: Soap has a hydrophobic end (meaning it repels and doesn't mix with water) that binds with oils, and breaks down the oily lipid molecules that make up the membrane of SARS-CoV-2, according to Dr. Mary Stevenson, an assistant professor of dermatology at NYU Langone Health. The virus breaks apart and becomes trapped in the soap bubbles, which wash away in the water. So don't waste money on antibacterial soap as a means to keep yourself safe from COVID-19. It turns out, it's not actually making any sort of positive difference. |
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Top Fake News Story of 2020 "HCQ Helps Contain COVID-19 Cases: New Evidence and a Major Retraction" July 13, 2020 pjmedia.com "Thousands of Doctors: Yes, Hydroxychloroquine Works Against Wuhan Coronavirus" April 6, 2020 townhall.com Naysaying articles appear next to pro HCQ articles - in America's Politically divided society truth and clarity is non-existent! |
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pawntificator 21-Aug-20, 21:52 |
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I am doing 5g LTE cell radio updates |
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Please, for we dinosaurs who pat ourselves on the back for remembering what LOL means, a little more clarity/ simplicity would be much appreciated. Thanks. |
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pawntificator 25-Aug-20, 21:39 |
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