Análise crítica dos mitos no tratamento do covid-19

Abstract

COVID-19 is a disease caused by a type of Coronavirus, SARSCoV-2. Currently, there is a pandemic situation, with the disease circulating all over the world. Knowledge about the transmission of COVID-19 is still being updated and studied, as well as forms of treatment and prevention. With the scarcity of information and the difficulty of accessing it, the spread of Fake News has increased and begins to become a risk to the population's health. The Ministry of Health supports a portal that helps to disprove the untrue facts about COVID-19. The work proposes a critical analysis of these myths involving the treatment against this pathology so that health professionals can have access to this compilation of information and disseminate knowledge to patients. We selected the myths about COVID-19 that were directly involved in the treatment of the disease. The following were analyzed: use of sodium hypochlorite in combating covid-19; alcohol consumption against covid-19; use of antibiotics to combat covid-19; use of mouthwash to combat covid-19; use of hydroxychloroquine to combat covid-19; and effective drugs against covid-19. In the current pandemic, spreading false information can harm the health of those undergoing treatment and make it difficult to resolve a global crisis. The selected information and reaffirmed with the truth are necessary to encourage the population to know the website of the Brazilian Ministry of Health and other reliable sources of information, pointing out which news are considered Fake News and which are true, corroborating health education with information correct and from secure sources.