Wildlife and COVID-19: What the public can do
This is a call to action for each and every one of us to protect wildlife and the environment.
Tag Archives: COVID-19
Comics provide laughter, comfort and sanity during COVID-19
Batman has his Batcave and the Avengers have the Stark Tower. Filipino artists are no different.
Mutations and misunderstandings: Are we now dealing with a supercharged COVID-19?
Early this month, a study went up on the pre-print server bioRxiv. In it, the research team builds the case for “the emergence of a more transmissible form” of SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic. Mutations, essentially tiny changes to the virus’ genetic code, may reflect on the overall structure of the spike protein.
SARS-CoV-2: Anatomy of a Pandemic
In late 2002, a then-undescribed virus crossed the species barrier in southern China and found a welcoming home in the lungs of humans. Over the next eight or so months, it spread, at first quietly across the region, and then explosively across the globe. The disease, what we have come to know as SARS or the severe acute respiratory syndrome, would infect more than 8,000 people and kill hundreds.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sonza mali ang paliwanag sa DOH data ng mga bagong kaso ng COVID-19 sa NCR
Mali ang interpretasyon ni dating broadcaster Jay Sonza sa pang-araw-araw na bulletin ng gobyerno tungkol sa coronavirus disease (COVID-19) nang sinabi niyang nakaranas ang Metro Manila ng matinding pagtaas ng mga kumpirmadong kaso sa loob lamang ng 24 na oras.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sonza misinterprets DOH data on new COVID-19 cases in NCR
DOH data show that the rate of increase in the total number of confirmed cases in NCR from May 16 to May 17 is less than 2.21 percent, far from Sonza's claim of 83 percent.
Wildlife to COVID-19: The Real Culprits
Eating bats, particularly its wings, drive evil spirits away, according to a popular Philippines folklore. Another widely held belief is that pangolin scales ward off witch’s spells, while its meat cures asthma.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: BOGUS ‘SAP’ FB page posts FAKE schedule of social aid distribution
There is still no schedule for the next tranche of cash assistance.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Hindi vaccine kundi asin’ post touts FALSE COVID-19 cure
It makes two wrong assertions; that vaccines are the same as medicines, and that inhaling salt water steam is a cure.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Sagot sa limang tanong tungkol sa bakuna laban sa COVID-19
Mabilis na kumikilos ang international scientific community sa pag debelop ng kauna-unahang bakuna laban sa coronavirus disease (COVID-19) na nahawahan na ang may halos apat na milyong tao.
