In explaining the government’s directive to keep using face masks and face shields to help control the transmission and spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque wrongly equated the protection from using these protective gear to getting vaccinated against the disease.
There is no existing evidence proving that frequent sex rids one's body of the SARS-CoV-2. Sexual intercourse is also not listed as one of the possible treatments for COVID-19, as per the World Health Organization (WHO).
In promoting the use of copper-infused face masks amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, former beauty queen Miriam Quiambao-Roberto shared in her Facebook status on Jan. 6 a “forwarded message” that cited faulty reasoning on the ability of copper to “disinfect virus and bacteria.”
The false claim has circulated online since May, and has been debunked by fact-checkers in South America, Europe and Asia.
Several health authorities say the same thing: wear the colored side facing outwards.
Properly designed masks are porous, allowing oxygen and carbon dioxide to travel in and out of it.
The post is premised on a false and already-debunked claim about masks causing oxygen deficiency.
It has been four months since the government mandated the wearing of face masks outside residences to lessen the transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), yet some officials still give wrong advice on how to use the protective cover.
This has been debunked by the Department of Health. It has also been fact-checked in six continents.
COVID-19 symptoms are not the same for everyone.
