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It's getting real now. Wash you hands, and avoid touching your face. Plan to spend less time in close proximity to others. I saw a message at a dance studio in
by dvduval 7y ago
It's getting real now. Wash you hands, and avoid touching your face. Plan to spend less time in close proximity to others.
I saw a message at a dance studio in Monterey Park, which is like a Chinatown section of Los Angeles. The sign outside says that if you have been to China recently, please self quarantine yourself for 14 days before entering the dance studio.
I could definitely notice a difference in the approach they had. They are already worried about it and they are taking steps. I'm not really sure we're ready for this thing. But it's here. It sure seems that way anyway.
- ransom1538 7y ago" It's getting real now. Wash you hands, and avoid touching your face. Plan to spend less time in close proximity to others." It is airborne. This virus attacks the lungs (please google). Why on earth are people saying wash your hands. It transfers through: "respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes." Wash your hands sure, but this isn't going to save you --- watch what you BREATH.
- zachguo 7y agoDroplets contaminated public surfaces like door handles, elevator buttons, etc, and one person normally touches his/her face hundreds of times per day.
- ineedasername 7y agoBecause there are other vectors of contact besides breathing. Since we can't stop breathing, we can at least minimize infection through other vectors, even if they represent less likely avenues of infection.
- crooked-v 7y agoThe virus isn't truly airborne. The respiratory droplets can be carried in the air short distances, but direct infection from that is extremely unlikely outside of someone literally sneezing in your face. This is in contrast to diseases like anthrax, where particles can be carried on air currents basically indefinitely and direct infection from the airborne disease is likely.
- ransom1538 7y agoDid you make this up? Can you site a source?
- mercer 7y agoI'm too lazy to cite sources but I'll say I've read plenty that confirm that it is not 'airborne'. Nonetheless, I understand that it's aerosolised and this does carry further than just a sneeze to the face. So, worse than crooked-v says, but better than airborne. Happy to be corrected though.
- electriclove 7y agoNot sure why you are getting downvoted. There are many unknowns with this and if you see what is happening in China to disinfect, they clearly believe it is airborne.
- tanilama 7y ago> The sign outside says that if you have been to China recently It is no longer only China at this moment, it is literally EVERYWHERE....
- avocado4 7y ago97% of cases have been in China so far.
- tanilama 7y agoBut US had rejected China travelers' entry and it had been almost 3 weeks now. The chance that people here in get the virus from travelers from Italy/Japan/South Korea/Middle East is MUCH higher than that from China at this very moment.
- WillPostForFood 7y agoUS citizens are still allowed to travel to and from China, and there are multiple flights every day.
- usaar333 7y agoYes, and they are supposed to self-quarantine on return for 14 days. No such rule is present with S. Korea or Italy. A random traveler from S. Korea/Italy is far "riskier" at this point. (Bonus: It's actually really hard to fly directly from China to the US at this point. Your best bets (esp. in the north) are transit through S. Korea or Japan, both infected places)
- ineedasername 7y agoNew cases outside China now out number new cases in China. So the balance is shifting.
- taiwanboy 7y agoSouth Korea has tested 66k 2 days ago. China has no such capacity to test even that much, let along 800 million in quanrantine, and people have been welded in their own homes with no escape. The dead bodies have been going straight to the furnace in Wuhan. Which government’s number would you rather trust?