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The Mayo Clinic: Debunking COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Myths

The Mayo Clinic debunks myths about the COVID-19 outbreak:

Chances are you've heard about a food, drug or other method that claims to prevent, treat or cure coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). But while it might be tempting to use a questionable product or method to stay healthy during the pandemic, it's extremely unlikely to work and might cause serious harm.

COVID-19 treatment and prevention myths

While researchers are studying many COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, none has been fully tested for safety or effectiveness. Any claims that a medication, herbal supplement or other substance can prevent or cure COVID-19 are bogus. Likewise, misinformation continues to circulate about ways to treat COVID-19.

Here are some of the substances and products that have been touted as ways to prevent or treat COVID-19 — and what the science says:

·         Pneumonia and flu vaccines. There is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19. Vaccines against pneumonia, such as the pneumococcal vaccine, don't provide protection against COVID-19. The flu shot also won't protect you against COVID-19.

·         Saline nasal wash. There is no evidence that rinsing your nose with saline protects against infection with COVID-19.

·         High temperatures. Exposure to the sun or to temperatures higher than 77 F (25 C) doesn't prevent or cure COVID-19. You can get COVID-19 in sunny, hot and humid weather. Taking a hot bath also can't prevent you from catching COVID-19. Your normal body temperature remains the same, regardless of the temperature of your bath or shower.

·         Low temperatures. Cold weather and snow also can't kill COVID-19.

·         Antibiotics. Antibiotics kill bacteria, not viruses. However, people hospitalized due to COVID-19 might be given antibiotics because they also have developed a bacterial infection.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-myths/art-20485720?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=recipes 

Ten Travel Tips For Labor Day Travel

In light of the upcoming holiday weekend, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) offers ten travel tips.

Labor day is fast approaching and we’ll be falling back and resetting our clocks before we know it! Whether you’re heading back to school or taking a trip for Labor Day, we wanted to provide you with some travel tips and information to help get you through our checkpoints and to your flights as easily as possible.

Arrive Early - The best advice we could ever give anybody is to arrive early when you can. You never know what kind of snag you’ll run getting to the airport. Whether it’s traffic, parking, airline, or security related, there are a number of unexpected ways you could be held up. To give you an idea of how busy the airports will be, here are the projected number of travelers during the Labor Day holiday period. Friday, August 31st will be the busiest day.

You can read the rest of the piece and watch a video via the below link:

https://www.tsa.gov/blog/2018/08/30/ten-travel-tips-labor-day-travel-2018 

Staying Safe During And After Hurricane Harvey

Navy Live, the official blog of the U.S. Navy, offers information and safety tips for people in the path of Hurricane Harvey.

As Hurricane Harvey reaches the Gulf coast, we want to make sure all coastal Navy personnel and their family members know what to do before, during and after the storm.

You can read the tip sheet via the below link:

http://navylive.dodlive.mil/2017/08/25/hurricane-harvey/#during 

Michelle Malkin: Hey, How's America's Rail Security Doing?

Michelle Malkin at Human Events offers a piece on rail security.

With vengeance-seeking global jihadists on the loose here and around the world, now is a good time to ask (again):

Are we ready for a nefarious terrorist attack on our train and transit lines?

Smoke and fire plagued two of the nation’s major metro rail stations this week, raising justified questions about safety and preparedness. On Monday, one person died and 84 fell ill after heavy smoke filled the L’Enfant Plaza Metro in Washington, D.C. Officials believe an “electrical arcing event” caused the lethal Beltway incident. A probe into the cause of the arcing — as well as an investigation into evacuation delays that trapped hundreds of passengers — is underway.

On Tuesday, an estimated 150 New York Fire Department personnel responded to a three-alarm fire at Penn Station that started before2:30 a.m. Two firefighters suffered injuries battling the Big Apple blaze, which was initially deemed “suspicious” and then “accidental.” Worth noting: A militant ISIS sympathizer published multiple threats on Twitter a few hours before the fire, warning that “tomorrow New York will burn” and predicting a “3:00 a.m. bomb.”

Whatever the causes of these two incidents, Americans need to know whether homeland security bureaucrats are doing their jobs — or hitting their over-worn government snooze buttons.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://humanevents.com/2015/01/14/hey-hows-americas-rail-security-doing/?utm_source=hedaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl