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Questions about the coronavirus: can you get it in a pool?

2021-01-22T20:43:34.454Z


Dr. Huerta answers questions from the audience about the coronavirus. Among them the contagion and the vaccine.


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(CNN Spanish) -

Like every Friday, Dr. Elmer Huerta answers questions from the audience of our podcast, “Coronavirus: Reality vs.

fiction".

In this episode, we clarify additional doubts about the contagion of coronavirus, about the masks and the vaccine.

We also talked about one of the common sequelae among those who suffered from the disease: the loss of smell.

You can listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform, or read the transcript below.

Hello, I am Dr. Elmer Huerta and this is your daily dose of information on the new coronavirus.

Information that we hope will be useful to take care of your health and that of your family.

Today we will answer some questions that we have been asked on our Twitter account @DrHuerta.

Questions about the spread of coronavirus and its aftermath

@drhuerta good, if you are in close contact from time to time and you wear two fp2 masks is there a risk of contagion?

I teach and at some point I have to get closer.

Thank you

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- Teresa Sarrias (@SarriasTeresa) January 20, 2021

Hello Teresa.

If you use two FFP2 masks (which are equivalent to the N95), I think the possibility of contagion is low.

However, if you could open the windows in the room it might help.

Dr @drhuerta could give greater scope on this situation, please.

I remember last year, you mentioned that the risk of contagion in swimming pools was very low.


Thanks a lot.

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- Dragonite (@GranDragonite) January 20, 2021

Hello, Dragonite.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States consider that contagion in a swimming pool is very unlikely.

This is because the disease has not been proven to be spread orally.

Obviously, if there are many people in the pool, that will increase the probability of contagion through the aerosols that people emit when talking or shouting.

Doctor, is it true that a person can present symptoms of covid the day after exposure with a positive case?

- Alma (@GallardoAlmita) January 20, 2021

Alma, the incubation period for covid-19 is 2 to 14 days.

It is very unlikely that a person will have symptoms the day after being infected.

Good evening, I would like to ask you why my husband and I are still testing positive from July until today, in the negative ds swab test but https://t.co/Ne9S4mPbzx.blood test in both reagents are positive

- Miriam 8a (@ Miriam8a4) January 20, 2021

Hello Miriam.

Sure, that's normal.

Remember that the blood test detects the antibodies that have been produced due to the infection, which can last for several months after it has passed.

@drhuerta Good afternoon I had COVID 19 I lost my sense of smell for 7 days and I recovered it, as if I had reset my sense of smell, is it normal?

Greetings from Guatemala.

- LuisEnriqueHernandez (@ lehg29) January 19, 2021

Hello Luis.

As we saw in the episode of January 12, the average recovery time of smell is 3 weeks and 95% do it at six months.

It is possible that what happened to you was something normal for you.

Doubts about the covid-19 vaccine

@drhuerta here in Mexico are already giving the Pfizer covid vaccine to front line personnel but they have symptoms and when they take the test they are coming out positive, is it because of the vaccine or is it because they have already been infected because they have only given them the first dose , it's very weird isn't it?

- Benito Cruz Giles (@ bcruz7029) January 21, 2021

Good question, Benito.

It is likely, as has already happened, that a person is vaccinated when they are already infected and that - because the protection of the vaccine takes a few weeks - they develop the disease a few days later.

In this regard, I tell you that in Israel, 17% of the 1,090 seriously hospitalized patients with covid-19 had received the first dose of the vaccine before being admitted to the hospital, which highlights the importance of receiving the second dose of the vaccine for full protection.

@drhuerta I am one of those who are in the test, UNMSM, I do not know if it is a placebo or a vaccine, if I get vaccinated and I was already vaccinated in the group but I know, will it have consequences?

- Cesar (@ Cesar98337827) January 20, 2021

Hi Cesar.

You should ask your study coordinators if they will reveal whether they received a vaccine or a placebo.

It is not advisable for one person to receive vaccines from two manufacturers - and probably - different technologies.

@drhuerta I have also asked myself the same thing!

- Alberto Maurer, PhD (@tazmaurer) January 20, 2021

That's an excellent question, Alberto.

As we described in the December 18 episode, while it is true that both vaccines use messenger RNA technology, they have important differences.

One is that Moderna's vaccine contains 100 micrograms of mRNA, while Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine contains 30 micrograms.

The other difference is that the messenger RNA molecule is covered by a layer of fat nanomolecules, which are different in Pfizer-BioNTech's and Moderna's.

That's what gives you the difference in freezing point.

@drhuerta @drhuerta Dr Huerta, Good morning, I read your note on CNN where you comment about the Johnson & J vaccine, I was struck by the time to generate the antibodies, being 57 days, are the other vaccines the same time?

I could dig a little deeper into the times

- JHON AGA (@JHONAGA) January 20, 2021

Good question, Jhon.

In reality, each vaccine has its own rate of generation of antibodies, which are found in phase 1 and phase 2 studies of vaccines.

@drhuerta Dc, a question, if a person hospitalized with Covid is intubated, can they receive the Covid vaccine?

Would it help you improve?

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- Luna Robles (@Luna__Robles) January 20, 2021

Good question, Luna.

No, a sick person cannot receive the vaccine because they remember that the vaccine is to prevent the disease, not to treat it.

To treat the disease, as we saw in the October 5 episode, monoclonal antibodies are used, which are selected antibodies obtained from people who have already passed the disease.

@drhuerta hello my query is for my triple coronary baypass from 6 years ago I have 53 how safe the vaccines are in my case.

- gorka (@ gorka1967) January 20, 2021

Hello, Gorka.

Each person has a different reaction to a medicine or a vaccine.

You won't know that until you get vaccinated.

Of what there is no doubt, is that because of your history of coronary disease you are a person at risk for a complication, so it would be convenient for you to do so.

You should talk to your doctor.

Good night @drhuerta ask what I do, is it possible that a person who is vaccinated in the first dose of the Modern vaccine of positive in the COVID test as a result of the vaccine?

- Ismael Rivera (@ IsmaelR76549052) January 20, 2021

Excellent question, Ismael.

In reality, a person who has received any vaccine will have antibodies in their blood, which have been developed in response to the vaccine.

@drhuerta I have a 75 year old uncle who suffered from idiopathic thrombositopenia purpura.

PTI and they took away the glass, we live in Panama, he is hypertensive and we are with the question of whether


or not

he can

give the vaccine, he is overweight, measuring 1.80 meters.

- María Moraga (@ MaraMoraga8) January 20, 2021

María, your family member is at high risk of complications and it would be convenient for them to be vaccinated.

They should talk to their GP.

Dr Huerta, best regards


Yesterday I heard on @canalN_


A doctor who said that the vaccine is


not going to prevent us from getting infected.


Just that we don't die.


Is this TRUE?

- Idanilca 🇵🇪 (@idanilca) January 19, 2021

That is an excellent question, Idanilca.

The goal of a vaccine is basically to prevent infection and therefore complications.

But it is possible that a vaccine does not prevent the infection, that it is asymptomatic and, therefore, allows the vaccinated person to be contagious.

That is in full study and is not yet known.

@drhuerta good afternoon please if a person has already suffered from the COVID19 disease, should they be vaccinated?

and at what time after no symptoms?

- iraides varela health (@varelairaides) January 18, 2021

Iraides, according to the CDC, a person can be vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine three months after the disease has passed.

@drhuerta in the case of covid vaccines after phase 3 and if the emergency use is approved, when is it that they are already given permission to commercialize it freely?

- roy rojas (@royrojas) January 18, 2021

Excellent question, Roy.

The time to give a final authorization will be when the phase 3 studies are completed and the efficacy and safety of the vaccines are reaffirmed.

Remember that emergency use is allowed because preliminary data indicate efficacy and safety and, due to the urgency of the pandemic, cannot wait to complete the studies.

@drhuerta Hello Dr. my brother pricked himself with a needle to check my insulin… I have been infected with covid for 37 days.

He can be infected?

Please support me with the information 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

- timoteo lazaro trejo (@zolo_live) January 18, 2021

I'm so sorry, Timoteo.

Don't worry, the new coronavirus has not been proven to be spread through blood.

The contagion is by respiratory route or by touching contaminated objects and putting the hand in the mouth.

Do you have questions about the coronavirus?

Send me your questions on Twitter, we will try to answer them in our next episodes.

You can find me at @DrHuerta.

You see that we answer them.

If you think this podcast is helpful, help others find it by rating and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app.

We will be back tomorrow so be sure to subscribe to get the latest episode on your account.

And for the most up-to-date information, you can always head over to CNNEspanol.com.

Thanks for your attention.

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