Stephen Fry debunks myths related to coronavirus pandemic; watch

In this hour of panic where entire world is battling with deadly coronavirus infection, re are certain people who are still juggling with certain questions pertaining to outbreak like ''Why is it spreading so fast?'', ''Is it airborne?',  ''And how long does it survive on food and surfaces?'' So to clear air of doubts, Stephen Fry, who has come to us in our hour of need with a fact-checking video that answers many of our most-asked questions about coronavirus. And busts a lot of myths, too.

Facts checking on coronavirus

In his six minutes long video, Fry reveals that coronavirus can survive on plastic and stainless steel for three days. On cardboard, it sticks around for around a day and on copper it lasts for 4 hours. But that doesn’t mean antibacterial wipes or soap need to be used on m for cleaning. If you are buying products you don’t kw who else has touched it, so safest thing to do is to bring it home and wash it with soapy water.

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With tests showing spread of disease through air as a possible medium, sparking worries about shared buildings and air conditioning. But experts have pointed out that if virus was easily transmitted this way, n rate of infection would be much, much higher. For example, Fry explains that most infectious airborne virus is measles. A person with measles can infect 90 per cent of people around m. But rate of infection for coronavirus is just 10 per cent for people living in same home.

Fry also explains that one of reasons that disease is spreading quickly is because people don’t always kw y have it. number of UK deaths is, worryingly, rising more quickly than in Italy and China at similar sts. This could put unsustainable pressure on NHS. Fry concluded his video on an optimistic te and said that If all people maintain a certain amount of distance from ors, it will mean that doctors can treat all most critically ill patients, saving lives and eventually it will be much easier to combat with this virus which has claimed  lives of many.

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