The coronavirus pandemic is a worldwide issue that has affected everyone in some way or another. The U.S. alone has had a whopping 5 million cases in the last few months. It is a virus that mostly affects people with pre-existing health conditions, as their immune systems are more vulnerable. Scientists are still researching the causes and effects of this virus, trying to find a vaccine, so the data we know is constantly being updated. Over the past few months, as the coronavirus pandemic spread across the world, the media has provided countless false facts about it that many people still believe now.

While cases in the past few months have shown that more older people than younger people have died of the virus, it is not necessarily true that younger people have a smaller chance of getting sick and/or dying from the virus. The reason that there have been more deaths in older people than young people is because of the pre-existing health conditions that majority of older people have. For example, a 60-year-old with a weakened immune system has a higher chance of dying of the virus than a healthy 10-year-old. So, the age of the person does not change the likelihood of getting/dying from the virus, however the current health conditions of the person does.

Wearing a mask and social distancing are precautions we are advised to take so as not to spread the virus. Still though, it does not mean that you are immune from the virus. There is no vaccine nor a way to guarantee that you won't get the virus, besides staying home with no contact from the outside world. That being said, the CDC health recommendations should be followed to ensure the least amount of possibilities of getting the virus.

Many people believe that using hand sanitizer is not beneficial to the prevention of contracting or spreading the virus, since it kills bacteria and does nothing for viral infections. While it is true that hand sanitizer kills bacteria and not viral infections, hand sanitizer can be effective at inactivating enveloped viruses. If there is even a small chance that using hand sanitizer can help spare someone from the virus, it should be used.

Wearing a mask keeps you from spreading the virus if you have it. No one knows for sure whether or not they are carrying the virus; even if you have no symptoms, you could still be carrying the virus and therefore be able to spread it to others. Masks and social distancing prevent people from spreading their germs. So, wearing a mask and social distancing can keep you from spreading the virus, not from getting it.By not wearing a mask in public, you risk spreading it to others, even if everyone around you is wearing a mask. For example, if person A is wearing a mask and person B is not, person B could spread the virus to person A despite them wearing a mask. If person A and B both wore masks, they would be protecting each other.

Disinfectants in your blood stream will not prevent you from getting the virus. By injecting disinfectants, you risk killing yourself, damaging your body or contracting an infection, which is way worse than possibly contracting the virus.