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Added on the 19/04/2016 14:00:57 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
With no end in sight to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in the US, it's no surprise that myths about the virus abound. According to Business Insider, one common myth is that wearing a mask is dangerous because you'll get carbon dioxide poisoning. But epidemiology professor Stephen Morse says any CO2 the wearer exhales passes through the mask, just like oxygen, and doesn't build up. After all, healthcare workers wear masks for hours on end, which is proof that mask-wearing does not cause carbon dioxide poisoning or toxicity. Furthermore, blood oxygen levels remain perfectly normal when wearing a mask, provided the wearer is healthy.
Tokyo residents gather on the roof tops of the city's high-rise buildings to see the 'blood moon' eclipse in the clear night sky. IMAGES
Experts from the Spanish Military Emergency Unit (UME) measure the toxicity of the gases emitted when lava meets the sea. The river of glowing lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano that erupted ten days ago on the island of La Palma in the Spanish Canary Islands is still flowing into the Atlantic Ocean at midday, but the wind is pushing the toxic gases out to sea, avoiding, at least for the time being, the local population. IMAGES
Cochabamba, May 29 (EFE).- The Bolivian city of Cochabamba, one of the major cities in the country, has been following a strict weekend quarantine Saturday in order to curb the third wave of COVID-19, which left several cities without oxygen.The quarantine was mostly carried out in this city, which is one of the most affected by the third wave of the pandemic, although there are some neighborhoods in the south of Cochabamba that did not follow the measure. (Camera: CLAUDIO ÁBREGO).SHOT LIST: THE COVID-19 SITUATION IN COCHABAMBA AND B-ROLL OF COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA, DURING THE THIRD WAVE OF PANDEMIC.
Pulse oximeters measure the percentage of oxygen in the blood when clipped onto a fingertip. And according to HuffPost, they're becoming increasingly popular for home use. People are buying them to monitor a family member if he or she becomes seriously ill with COVID-19. Doctors praise the use of pulse oximeters because they can alert people who don’t realize they’re gravely ill to the fact that their body is struggling for oxygen. One of the biggest worries with COVID-19 is when someone doesn’t realize their oxygen levels have dropped because they don’t actually feel unwell. It's a phenomenon sometimes referred to as happy hypoxia or silent hypoxia. As a normal reading usually ranges from 95-100%, if your reading is under 95%, it's a red flag. Seek medical attention immediately.
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