"Serious Be Cautious"

Heavily shaken by the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), many of

us are currently thinking about the need to fight not only the current COVID-19
pandemic but also the related infodemic. Infodemic is a situation wherein information
and news started to become random or unreliable which might be the result of flooding
news and information found on the internet platforms. Questions such as what is
Covid-19, its symptoms, causes, is it airborne or not, and such are the ones usually
asked. So what is Covid-19?
There are increasing indications that the world will look different after the crisis and
that globalization will be questioned in many areas because it is automatic that
COVID-19 crisis would mark a turning point. COVID-19 is caused by infection with the
most common symptoms such as fever, tiredness, dry cough, and some are also aches
and pains, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat or diarrhea. When symptoms are
gradually becoming more damaging most patients recover without needing any special
treatment, and only around 1 of 6 patients manifest with difficulty breathing and become
seriously ill. In addition, people who have existing medical conditions and are older have
a higher risk of serious illness from COVID-19, and the risk increases with age.
This time, let's talk about whether Covid-19 is caused by viruses or bacteria.
Publicly and scientifically speaking, Covid-19 is caused by a virus and not by a bacteria
and its announced name is “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2" or
SARS-CoV-2. The Covid-19 outbreak began and was first detected in Wuhan, China in
the 12th month of the year 2019, since then the virus spread to all continents (except
Antarctica). The virus that causes COVID-19 is in a family of viruses called
Coronaviridae plus viruses cannot be treated with antibiotics. They get their name,
“corona,” from the many crown-like spikes on the surface of the virus. 13
But how did CoronaVirus spread from person to person? Many experts believe that
the new strain of Coronavirus likely originated in bats or pangolins and it can be
transmitted through eating the infected animal's flesh. Today, we have the ECQ and
GCQ, we have the protocols to follow when going outside to decrease the rate of
transmissions. Virus travels in small respiratory droplets that linger in the air for minutes
to hours from an infected person who is more than six feet away or has since left the
space. What more if you have direct contact to the skin of the infected person, right?
Viruses can be in the form of coughs, sneezes, talks, sings or breathes, yet even
though this way of transmission has the least possibility of spreading, by touching
surfaces that the virus has landed on, then touching your eyes, mouth, or nose before
washing your hands you could also receive and have the said virus.
In times of deep uncertainty, science is asked to look to the future and to flank a
rational discourse about how to react to the current global crisis, and therefore now
better cope with other tantamount global challenges such as the climate change.
Governments, health agencies, researchers and healthcare providers are also working
together to develop policies and procedures to limit the spread of this virus both globally
and from individual to individual. There is no "immunity" in the pandemic that we are
experiencing because whether you have been or not, we should all be careful because
good health is one of the necessities of life, it may not be seen or touched, but it can be
felt. Coronavirus cannot choose who to harm and not, and it is also better to be careful
than to be sorry. As people say, "Repentance is always late" (Nasa huli ang pagsisisi).
Thus, Covid-19 is a virus, infections, serious, contagious, so we must all be
CAREFUL.

Submitted by:
AKMY