Is the collection of recommendations about coronavirus sent out on behalf of Armavir doctor Vasily Kazmin true?

A newsletter is being distributed via messengers on behalf of the chief physician of the city hospital, Vasily Kazmin, with recommendations on the prevention of a new coronavirus infection. We decided to check whether the advice from the newsletter is correct and whether it is worth following.

Mailing started for the first time spread back in 2020, and with the arrival of the third wave it became again gain popularity. The text, which begins with the words “Colleagues - this memo is for YOU,” consists of diverse advice regarding prevention, treatment, food, and mask regimen.

Let's start with the fact that Vasily Kazmin, who is credited with the authorship of this newsletter, denied his involvement in it. “I have nothing to do with this memo,” reported he is the editor of a local newspaper. Also on the hospital website indicatedthat V.A. Kazmin is not the chief physician, but acts as such.

Now let's analyze its contents according to the highlighted points. According to generalized research WHO, the most common route of transmission of coronavirus is airborne droplets. Epidemiologists notethat in the fresh air the concentration of the virus decreases. However, in an experiment conducted by scientists from Hong Kong, there was fixed transmission of the virus from person to person during a 15-minute conversation outdoors. Same opinion adheres to Professor Kat Noakes, part of a team of advisers to the British government. According to her, “the sad fact is that the greatest risk is posed by those people you know personally,” since prolonged contact, even on the street, with an infected person or playing sports together can also cause infection.

The newsletter goes on to talk about the dangers of masks. WHO experts reportthat standard medical masks are not reduce oxygen content in the blood and do not increase carbon dioxide levels. Carbon dioxide is also not delayed inside the mask, since carbon dioxide molecules are too small for the mask fabric to trap them. Accordingly, there is no hypoxia, much less the threat of death arise can't.

Speaking of gloves, it is necessary to return again to the ways of transmission of the virus. In addition to the most common - airborne - there is also contact. Under the term "contact transmission path" implied two ways: direct and indirect. To put it simply, direct contact transmission: the infected person coughed into his fist, then shook hands with a healthy person, and the healthy person later rubbed his eye with the same hand. Indirect contact transmission: the infected person coughed into his fist, then picked up a shopping cart, and the healthy person soon used it and rubbed his eye. Scientists from the USA came to the conclusion that the virus can survive for one to two hours on the handles of garbage cans and pedestrian crossing switch buttons. At the same time, the number of viral particles deposited on surfaces is indeed significantly less than those distributed in the air, and it is less stable in the external environment. The virus is viable on gloves for the same one to two hours as on other surfaces, which is why it is recommended to use disposable ones or regularly disinfect them. There cannot be any significant “accumulation” of the virus in gloves due to its lifespan.

Next, the author of the newsletter lists special “drugs” used in isolated hospitals, including eggs, sitting in the sun and sleep. The vitamins C and E he indicated are available from pharmacies without a prescription. Moreover, recent research showedthat vitamin E is by no means harmless, especially in high doses. And uncontrolled intake of vitamin C can drive may impair the absorption of vitamin B12, increase the concentration of uric acid in the urine and promote the formation of kidney stones. In addition, the idea of ​​​​vitamin C as a treatment for coronavirus has been discussed more than once was refuted scientists.

Finally, let’s look at the claim about alkaline treatment for coronavirus. First of all, viruses are not have pH levels in general, so the idea of ​​such treatment is absurd. Secondly, the author of the newsletter wrong provides data on the pH level in the specified products.

Yellow lemon is 2.2-2.4 pH, not 8.2 pH.

Avocado - 6.27-6.58 pH, not 15.6 pH.

Oranges are 4 pH, not 9.2 pH.

Newsletters about “alkaline treatment” circulate on the Internet for more than a year, and they are based on an article from 1991 that had nothing to do with the coronavirus.

Thus, the chief physician of the Armavir hospital did not disseminate such advice. And among the harmless recommendations (good sleep, walks, sports), the newsletter contains dangerous misleading statements, following which can be dangerous to health.

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What do our verdicts mean?

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