To counteract the misinformation in hysteria laden posts from anti-science anti-vaxxers, arm yourself with accurate info. There is NO evidence that any vaccines make one more vulnerable to contracting the Coronavirus or any other virus. None.
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Should people be more concerned about the seasonal flu or the new coronavirus?
You're more likely to catch the flu than this coronavirus — in terms of what you’d be more likely to pick up if you were out running errands today. There’s widespread seasonal flu activity going on right now all around the U.S. But there’s also a lot of steps you can take to protect yourself from influenza. You can get an annual flu shot. You can take medication like Tamiflu that protects you from getting influenza after you’ve been exposed. You can cover your mouth and wash your hands to mitigate the spread. And, like clockwork, this year’s influenza strain is going to die out in the spring because it will have run its course.
The challenge with the new coronavirus from China is that we just don’t have any information to know if it can be contained, if it will run its course before the summer and disappear, or if it will have to infect a substantial part of the population before burning out.
As a country, we’re also prepared for influenza. It comes every year! But we don’t know if we’re really prepared as a country for a massive coronavirus pandemic.
Will the flu shot protect people from this new coronavirus?
Unfortunately it won’t. But it will help protect you from the flu, and the flu is what you’re more likely to catch right now.
Can drugs like Tamiflu protect patients from getting sick from 2019-nCoV?
No. Tamiflu is designed to fit into a molecule in the influenza virus, which doesn’t appear to be part of the Wuhan virus. However, there are other antiviral medications that may be helpful.
We’re still learning more about whether these drugs, like Kaletra (an antiretroviral for HIV patients), will prevent people from getting sick entirely or just help people recover faster. Still, there’s a lot of hope in some of the early data we’re seeing. There are also other antivirals being evaluated at the center of the outbreak in Wuhan.
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Quote:Del Matthew Bigtree is an American television and film producer who became a prominent anti-vaccination activist. He is the CEO of the anti-vaccination group Informed Consent Action Network and the producer of the movie Vaxxed based on the discredited views of Andrew Wakefield concerning vaccines and autism. Wikipedia
https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/pr...oronavirus
Should people be more concerned about the seasonal flu or the new coronavirus?
You're more likely to catch the flu than this coronavirus — in terms of what you’d be more likely to pick up if you were out running errands today. There’s widespread seasonal flu activity going on right now all around the U.S. But there’s also a lot of steps you can take to protect yourself from influenza. You can get an annual flu shot. You can take medication like Tamiflu that protects you from getting influenza after you’ve been exposed. You can cover your mouth and wash your hands to mitigate the spread. And, like clockwork, this year’s influenza strain is going to die out in the spring because it will have run its course.
The challenge with the new coronavirus from China is that we just don’t have any information to know if it can be contained, if it will run its course before the summer and disappear, or if it will have to infect a substantial part of the population before burning out.
As a country, we’re also prepared for influenza. It comes every year! But we don’t know if we’re really prepared as a country for a massive coronavirus pandemic.
Will the flu shot protect people from this new coronavirus?
Unfortunately it won’t. But it will help protect you from the flu, and the flu is what you’re more likely to catch right now.
Can drugs like Tamiflu protect patients from getting sick from 2019-nCoV?
No. Tamiflu is designed to fit into a molecule in the influenza virus, which doesn’t appear to be part of the Wuhan virus. However, there are other antiviral medications that may be helpful.
We’re still learning more about whether these drugs, like Kaletra (an antiretroviral for HIV patients), will prevent people from getting sick entirely or just help people recover faster. Still, there’s a lot of hope in some of the early data we’re seeing. There are also other antivirals being evaluated at the center of the outbreak in Wuhan.
