Here are some of the common coronavirus myths and misconceptions floating around, and the state of the science as we understand it to date.
Since the beginning of 2020, when we first started hearing about a new coronavirus, eventually dubbed SARS-CoV-2, our understanding of what it is, how it infects people, who it infects and how we can protect ourselves have all evolved as our knowledge has grown.
But that evolution -- and the changing information and recommendations that accompanied it -- has also sown confusion, and in some cases, deliberate disinformation. "Just as Covid-19 has spread around the world, so too have rumors, untruths and disinformation. And they can be just as dangerous," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said on Wednesday.
See how layered masks affect spread of Covid-19 00:56 Some studies have found that masks can reduce the amount of droplets that a person breathes into the air by up to 90%. And one study found that masks reduce the transmission of respiratory viruses by as much as 56% percent. But not all masks are created equal, so choose wisely. Surgical masks -- the paper ones that doctors wear -- have an electrostatically-charged filter that grabs viral particles like a blanket grabs your socks in the dryer.
Slaoui -- who noted that it's not even a given that any vaccine will be effective enough because the data aren't in -- said certain groups, such as health care workers and people who are vulnerable to the disease, would be prioritized."For the rest of us, it is looking more like mid-2021," he said, a timeline also put forward by Fauci. Slaoui also circled back to what Fauci and others have been stressing.
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