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We are almost six months after the announcement of the first case of infection by the new (which is no longer so new) coronavirus in Brazil. With more than 100 thousand dead, the country still suffers from the consequences of the disease (and a bad management). However, during this period, a lot can be learned to combat to Covid-19. We still don't have a vaccine or even a 100% effective medicine against the disease, but it is It is a fact that doctors are knowing how to combat the disease in a more effective way. In this scenario, a text began to circulate on the internet and shows that the Milan Epidemiology Center wrote a text pointing out the reasons for the reduction in the lethality of the disease. Read the message circulating online: > ## Check out the denial on video: > > ## _WORTH IT From the Milan Epidemiology Center. For this pandemic, there is a higher probability of survival for those who will be infected after 5 months later, as in August 2020, than for those who were infected 5 months before, say in February 2020. The reason for this is that doctors and Scientists know a lot more about COVID-19 now than they did 5 months ago and, therefore, they are able to treat patients better. I will list 5 aspects important things that we know now and that we didn’t know in February 2020:_ _1\. COVID-19 was initially thought to cause pneumonia deaths – a lung infection – and so ventilators were considered the best way of treating sick patients who could not breathe. Now we know that the virus causes blood clots in the blood vessels of the lungs and other parts of the body, which causes reduced oxygenation. Now we know that simply providing oxygen through ventilators will not help, but we have to prevent and dissolve micro clots in the lungs. That's why we are using medications such as * Aspirin and Heparin (anticoagulants that prevent clotting) as a protocol in treatment regimens from July 2020. *_ > ## Ancelmo Gois wrote a text criticizing Eduardo Paes? We check _2\. Previously, patients dropped dead in the street or even before arrive at the hospital due to reduced oxygen in the blood – SATURATION OXYGEN. This happened due to what is known as HAPPY HYPOXIA, where although oxygen saturation was gradually reduced, patients with COVID-19 did not show symptoms until they were critically reduced, as in times by up to 70%. * We often become breathless if oxygen saturation fall below 90%. * * This shortness of breath is not triggered in COVID patients and that's why we brought sick patients to hospitals at the end of February 2020. […]_ _3\. We did not have medicines to combat the coronavirus in February 2020. We only treat complications caused by hypoxia. Therefore, the majority of patients became seriously infected. * We now have 2 medicines important FAVIPIRAVIR AND REMDESIVIR *, which are ANTIVIRALS that can kill the coronavirus. By using these two medications, we can prevent patients from become seriously infected and therefore cure them BEFORE GOING TO HYPOXIA. We had this knowledge in August 2020... not in February 2020._ _4\. Many COVID-19 patients die not just from the virus, but also by the response of the patients' own immune system, in a exaggerated form called CYTOKINE STORM. This violent storm immune response not only kills the virus, but also kills patients. In February 2020 we didn't know how to prevent this from happening. Now, in August 2020, we know that easily available medicines called steroids, which doctors around the world have been using for nearly 80 years, can be used to prevent cytokine storm in some patients._ _5\. We now also know that people with hypoxia get better just by doing have them lie face down, which is known as the prone position. Furthermore, a few days ago, Israeli scientists discovered that a substance chemical known as Alpha Defensin, produced by white blood cells, can cause micro clots in the blood vessels of the lungs and this could be prevented by a medicine called Colchicine, used for many decades in gout treatment._ _So now we know for sure that patients have a better chance of surviving COVID-19 infection in August 2020 than in February 2020. Continue taking precautions. Only go out for the essentials! There is no party, baby shower or kindergarten graduation essential!!!!!!!!!!! Let's go stop being superficial! It is better to be infected in another 6 months than than now. Let's give science time to help us and health systems to decongest! Currently it is also necessary to analyze Saturation Hospital and the physical and mental exhaustion of Health Personnel (Information from COVID-19 expert chat) […]_ ## Milan Epidemiology Center writes text comparing treatment against Covid-19 in February and August 2020? It is a fact that the message (including deleted excerpts) gets many things right. information that we need to highlight before tearing down what is false. 1) It is fact that it is better to catch the disease six months from now than today (when We may even have a vaccine or an effective medicine). 2) It is a fact that the Isolation and the use of masks are important. 3) It is a fact, yes, that science and medicine are using the practical learning curve to combat deaths. 4) It is a fact that the lethality rate (number of deaths in relation to the number of cases) decreased. However, there is also misinformation in message. To begin with, let's talk about the general text. It is not possible to measure the drop in the Covid-19 fatality rate only due to improved treatment. This is one of the factors. The others are increased testing (with more cases confirmed in asymptomatic patients or with mild symptoms, lethality falls) and the fact that Covid-19 affects countries with fewer people over 80 years compared, for example, to Italy (stricken by the disease in March). As if that were not enough, the aspects mentioned are, to say the least, imprecise. About item 1, there is an impression that all deaths are caused by coagulation and that Pneumonia is not the most worrying and respirators are not important. THE information is not valid. Respirators are still essential in some cases of treating the disease and pneumonia caused by the coronavirus still kills a lot of people, unfortunately. There is a fake very similar to this denial on Boatos.org. Regarding item 2, almost everything is correct. What's not right is the part that says that “patients were dropping dead in the street” due to Covid-19. In reality, this idea comes from a video falsely attributed to coronavirus patients in China. He was denied here. Item 3 makes the mistake of saying that there are medicines that cure 100% effective against the disease. Despite being pointed out as possible remedies for treatment, Remdesivir and Favipiravir are not yet 100% effective proven. Items 4 and 5 are almost right. The only slip-up (so to speak) is in recommending medications. Colchicine, for example, can cause problems serious health consequences if taken indiscriminately. As you have seen, the text has a “melting pot” of inaccuracies, but there are more two “decisive” mistakes for him to reach Boatos.org. 1) Neither comparison in question is between February and August. 2) Neither the authorship of the text is from the Milan Epidemiology Center. When searching for the article in English, we found an older version of it from June 2020. At the time, the text (which had the same content) compared June and March. Detail: the version was not created by the Milan Epidemiology Center. It was a text that appeared anonymously on the internet. In short: although the text in question has some correct information (yes, we are evolving and it is necessary to maintain social isolation) about treatment against coronavirus, the number of misinformation and wrong credit do the story of the “letter” from the Milan Epidemiology Center falling into the field of "rumor". Ps.: This article is a suggestion from Boatos.org readers. 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It is WORTH IT From the Milan Epidemiology Center For this pandemic there is a greater probability of survival for those who will be infected 5 months later