reallydipperaninvisiblewizard: idhren: jenniferrpovey: After stay-at-home: Consider whether that tri
reallydipperaninvisiblewizard:idhren:jenniferrpovey:After stay-at-home:Consider whether that trip is essential (Essential to your mental health counts).Wear a mask any time you might have to interact with or be close to other humans, removing only to eat or drink. Always handle your mask by the sides, not the front. Carry a small bottle of hand sanitizer and sanitze your hands after removing a mask and after putting it back on. Put your mask in a paper bag or large envelope, NOT on a surface somebody else has to clean. Wash your mask every time you use it. The mask is not to protect you. It is to protect others. It is not a sign you are a coward.Wash your hands before leaving the house and after returning.Touch as little as possible.If shopping, try to touch only merchandise you intend to buy. If you have to try clothes on, don’t put the ones you don’t want back on the shelf to be nice to the workers. They probably have to wash them. Get in, get out, don’t linger.If you really want to eat out and the restaurant has outdoor seating, sit outside if the weather allows. Transmission rates are much higher indoors. (This is why some places are only allowing outdoor seating currently).Continue to stay six feet from people not in your household as much as possible.Don’t hug or shake hands.At some point we will have sufficient effective treatments (remdesivir alone is not sufficient due to its cost and the fact that it doesn’t actually help everyone) that we’ll be able to start relaxing this. But this is how we’re going to have to live for a while.So.Don’t think of it as everyone else being toxic. Because omg is that bad for you. I just read an article from somebody who’s fallen into that trap and the poor woman can barely function.Think of this as everyone else is vulnerable and you are shielding them.Much healthier.From a UMass Dartmouth immunologist [5/7/20]: The Risks - Know Them - Avoid ThemWhere are people getting sick? We know most people get infected in their own home. A household member contracts the virus in the community and brings it into the house where sustained contact between household members leads to infection.But where are people contracting the infection in the community? I regularly hear people worrying about grocery stores, bike rides, inconsiderate runners who are not wearing masks…. are these places of concern? Well, not really. Let me explain.All these infection events were indoors, with people closely-spaced, with lots of talking, singing, or yelling. The main sources for infection are home, workplace, public transport, social gatherings, and restaurants. This accounts for 90% of all transmission events. In contrast, outbreaks spread from shopping appear to be responsible for a small percentage of traced infections.This is, to me, heartening news. [mirror link for when the original predictably falters] Perhaps it should not be. These days, I’m looking for a glimmer of hope wherever it may shine even subtly. Please note, people who did not RTFL (read the friendly link), the picture painted by it is stark, and my optimistic interpretation is based on a consciously selected and narrow ribbon of information incoming. The more we know of this germ, the better. There is yet much we must, and I believe shall learn. -- source link