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How COVID-19 Spreads

This coronavirus spreads mainly by person-to-person contact when in range of airborne particles resulting from coughing or sneezing. Coronaviruses can also live on surfaces for up to nine days, and cause an infection resulting from coming into contact with a contaminated surface, and then touching the eyes, nose, or mouth. The CDC believes this method is less common than person-to-person contact, though

Should I Get a Mask?

Media and news coverage shows many people wearing masks to cover their face and nose. Without a proper explanation for this action, it may lead many to believe this is a precaution we should take to avoid becoming sick.Wearing a mask, however, is done to protect others around you when YOU may be sick. It’s a courtesy to others when out in the community so as not to spread droplets that could contain germs..

There was some concern about those who have recovered getting a relapse...but it seems Scientists agree reinfection is an unlikely explanation for patients who test positive a second time, according to the Los Angeles Times, and note the possibility that testing errors, and releasing patients from hospitals too prematurely, are more likely the reason for reports of patients who retest positive.
"If you get an infection, your immune system is revved up against that virus," Keiji Fukuda, director of Hong Kong University’s School of Public Health, told the Los Angeles Times. "To get reinfected again when you’re in that situation would be quite unusual unless your immune system was not functioning right.
"Fukuda told the paper that it’s more likely patients are being released from hospitals while carrying dormant fragments of the disease that are not infectious, but resemble the virus when tested."
The test may be positive, but the infection is not there," he said.

In a hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, was asked if people who have contracted the virus might now be immune."We haven’t formally proved it, but it is strongly likely that that’s the case," Fauci said. "Because if this acts like any other virus, once you recover, you won’t get reinfected."

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