COVID 19 Fact vs Fiction (4-9-20)

COVID 19 Fact vs Fiction (4-9-20)

Researchers are still learning about it.

But each day the death toll climbs... so does the need to protect against it.

Kq2s madeline mcclain has a few of the latest claims and what doctors say is the truth.

<<fact fiction or somewhere in between 24- hour hour news cycle, a neighbor your aunt has a story about about.information is circulating as fast as the virus itself.dr. carrie wieneke, obgyn chair, ku med.

Center: "things are changing daily so some of the things that they might have read last week might not be true today."

Ku medical center doctors are helping us sort it all out.one of the latest claims microwaving your mask can kill covid-19.dr. dana hawkinson, director of infection prevention & control, ku med.

Center: well we certainly know that radiation whether it's ultra-violet or microwave radiation could possibly kill the virus, i think your best bet at this point besides household detergents and cleaners is soap and water.

I think laundering is probably going to be your best bet."

Claim 2-- hydroxycloraquin, azythromyacine or some other drug can cure or prevent infection with the coronavirus doctors, researchers and the medical community at large stress that there is no fda approved drug for covid.dr. dana hawkinson, director of infection prevention & control, ku med.

Center: "the journal that published the french study actually thinking about removing it from our trials."

Researchers and doctors say that it doesn't matter who is touting the drug..it could be your best friend -- or the president of the united states data to back up claims about effectiveness.

Dr. dana hawkinson, director of infection prevention & control, ku med.

Center: "some of these may be validated in a lab not in a person."now for the claims about covid-19 and pregnancy.are pregnant women more at risk?dr. carrie wieneke, obgyn chair, ku med.

Center: we believe pregnant women are at no increased risk of getting covid-19 than the rest of the public."can it be passed to babies during birth?

Dr. carrie wieneke, obgyn chair, ku med.

Center: "right now we do not believe that it can be passed on during the.

No change in delivery route."

And if you want a few tried and true ways to limit your risk of catching the virus -- doctors say wash you hands, don't touch your face, stay home if you can social get-togethers.reporting in st.

Joseph, madeline mcclain kq2 news.>> the national institutes of health -- has begun a clinical trial to study hydroxychloroq uine as a treatment for adults hospitalized with the coronavirus today.

The trial will be carried out by vanderbilt univeristy in nashville.