Introduction
As the world continues to grapple with the ongoing pandemic, it is important to stay informed about the latest health and safety guidelines. Recently, a virus expert has issued an important warning about the foods we eat and how they can affect our health. This warning is especially important for those who are at higher risk of contracting the virus. The expert has advised that certain foods should be avoided, while others should be consumed in moderation. In this article, we will discuss the expert’s warning and provide tips on how to make healthier food choices.
Virus Expert Just Issued This Important Warning — Eat This Not That
As the world continues to grapple with the novel coronavirus pandemic, health experts are issuing important warnings about what we should and should not be eating. Recently, a virus expert has issued a warning about the foods we should be avoiding in order to stay healthy.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recently warned that people should avoid eating raw or undercooked animal products, such as raw or undercooked eggs, meat, and fish. He also warned against eating raw fruits and vegetables that have not been washed or peeled.
Dr. Fauci also warned against eating food that has been handled by someone who is sick or has been in contact with someone who is sick. He said that it is important to wash your hands before and after handling food, and to avoid touching your face while preparing food.
Dr. Fauci also warned against eating food that has been left out for too long, as it can become contaminated with bacteria or viruses. He said that it is important to refrigerate food that is not going to be eaten right away, and to throw away any food that has been left out for more than two hours.
Finally, Dr. Fauci warned against eating food that has been cooked in an unsafe manner. He said that it is important to make sure that food is cooked thoroughly, and to avoid eating food that has been cooked at a temperature that is too low.
Dr. Fauci’s warning is an important reminder that we should all be mindful of what we are eating in order to stay healthy during this pandemic. By following his advice, we can help to reduce our risk of becoming infected with the virus.
Dr. Michael Osterholm, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, appeared as a guest on WCCO radio show The Morning News With Dave Lee on June 2. Here are concerns Dr. Osterholm shared regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and what’s causing the monkeypox outbreak. Read on—and to ensure your health and the health of others, don’t miss these Sure Signs You’ve Already Had COVID.
“If you look at hospitalizations and deaths, the challenge we have right now with understanding cases is that there’s really been a big disconnect between cases and what’s happening with more serious illness, which you can argue is a good thing,” says Dr. Osterholm. “We probably have more infected people in Minnesota right now than any time we’ve had in the entire pandemic. And that is because this virus is so highly infectious with the variants that we’re dealing with right now.”
“But we’re also seeing (because of previous infection or having been vaccinated) that people have a level of immunity that is reducing the likelihood of the virus causing serious illness,” says Dr. Osterholm. “And that’s the good part. So the challenge we’re going to have over time is, will we see more waning immunity and if so, will that result in more serious illnesses down the road? We just don’t know that right now, we have so many unanswered questions.”
“I think the important message here is, particularly with those who receive the fourth dose, that you have pretty good protection against even getting infected,” says Dr. Osterholm. “Surely not getting sick in those first four to eight weeks after you’ve been vaccinated. But the problem is after that time period, you still get infected. You can get mildly ill to moderately ill, but you still have good protection against seriously getting ill or being hospitalized.”
“One of the things we’re realizing is that this is going to likely require a long term commitment from vaccines, for which I don’t know how we’re going to do that. I can’t imagine we’re going to keep giving booster doses to everyone two and three times a year.”
“Monkeypox is a virus that is somewhat similar to smallpox. Well monkeypox has, as a natural reservoir where the virus resides, rodents in central Africa,” says Dr. Osterholm. “When they spill over into humans, human cases tend to be somewhat limited in transmission, but why have we seen all this transmission now? Because it turned out that the smallpox virus, or smallpox virus infection, would protect you against getting monkeypox. If you had smallpox as a disease, or you got vaccinated, you had lifetime protection against monkeypox. But we stopped vaccinating for smallpox in 1980, because we had eliminated it out of the world. So for the last 40 years, we’ve now created this entire society in central Africa that has no protection against monkeypox. Guess what, a bunch of them are getting infected now. That then results in the spillover to the rest of the world. And so I could go through, disease by disease, to say you know what? We were actually in better shape 20 years ago than we are now.”
Follow the public health fundamentals and help end this pandemic, no matter where you live—get vaccinated or boosted ASAP; if you live in an area with low vaccination rates, wear an N95 face mask, don’t travel, social distance, avoid large crowds, don’t go indoors with people you’re not sheltering with (especially in bars), practice good hand hygiene, and to protect your life and the lives of others, don’t visit any of these 35 Places You’re Most Likely to Catch COVID.
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