Dispelling Covid-19 rumors

The governor and state health leaders addressed myths about corona-virus today.

WIDESPREADRUMORS ABOUT COVID- 19.

DR.THOMAS DOBBS SAYS ONE MYTH ISTHATCASE COUNTS ARE BEING DRIVEN UPBY TESTITHE SAME PEOPLE MULTIPLE TIMES.EVERY TIME YOU TEST SOMEONE, ITDOESN'T MATTER, ONE PERSON ISONE CASE.

PEOPLE ASK ME OVER ANDOVER AGAIN IF WE TEST SOMEONETHREE TIMES DOES THAT COUNT ASTHREE CASES, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

IFWE TEST WOMEONE 20TIMES, THE SAME PERSON IS GOINGTO BE JUST ONE CASEANOTHER MYTH... CASE COUNTS AREBEINGDRIVEN UP WITH POSITIVE ANTIBODYTESTS.DOCTOR DOBBS SAYS THAT'S SIMPLYNOT TRUE.ARE WE DRIVING UP OUR CASE COUNTWITH ANTIBODY, ABSOLUTELY NOT.OF OUT TOTAL 36,680 CASES AH285 ARE FROM ANTIBODY TESTS.

SOIT'S A SMALL NUMBER AND IT'SONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE A POSITIVEANTIBODY TEST AND EITHERSYMPTOMS CONSISTENT WITHCORONAVIRUS OR A KNOWN PRSONALCONTACT.GOVERNOR REEVES SAYS ANOTHERRUMOR ISTHAT HERD IMMUNITY WILL STOPCOVID-19 INMISSISSIPPI.HE SAYS THE NUMBERS JUST DON'TADD UP.DOCTORS SAY 70 TO 80 PERCENT OFAPOPULATION HAS TO BECOMEINFECTED TOESTABLISH HERD IMMUNITY.MISSISSIPPI HAS A POPULATION OFTHREE MILLION PEOPLE.THAT MEANS OVER TWO MILLIONMISSISSIPPIANSWOULD HAVE TO CONTRACT THE VIRUS-SOMETHING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMCAN'T HANDLEHERD IMMUNITY AS A SOLUTION DOESNOT WORK.

IT DOESN'T WORKOUR STATE AND I DON'T BELIEVE ITWORKS ANYWHERE ELSE UNLESSYOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITHLITERALLY TENS OFTHOUSANDS PROBABLY HUNDREDS OFTHOUSANDSMISSISSIPPIANS WHO NEED MEDICALCARE BEING UNABLE TO RECEIVE IT.THEAT IS NOT A STRATEGWORTH CONSIDERING IN MY HUMBLEOPINION.

THE GOVERNOR AND DOCTOR DOBBSARE PLEADING WITH CITIZENS TOWEAR MASKS, SAYING THE THREAT OFCOVID-19 IS REAL AND MASKS ATHE ONLY TOOL WE HAVE RIGHT NOWIN THE FIGHTAGAINST THE VIRUS.MEGAN... EDWARDS MA