Coronavirus - some great advice

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A lonig but excellent post on how to minimize your chance of catching Coronavirus or any other disease (Common Cold, flu, etc...) From Bayou Renaissance Man:

Coronavirus, breathing masks, and respirators: the facts
There's an awful lot of hype circulating about breathing masks, respirators, and protection against the current coronavirus epidemic.  Most of the articles are not scientific or factual - they're more like hyperbole and hysteria.

In particular, current stocks of surgical masks and disposable respirators available to the general public have been largely exhausted, and a number of vendors are reporting that they don't know when (or even whether) they'll be able to get stock again.  That's complicated by the fact that most such masks are made in China, which last week was said to have declared them a "strategic national resource".  (I can't find a first-hand report about that, only third-party references to it;  but it sounds likely, under present circumstances.)  Translation:  they'll be keeping all they can make, and won't be exporting any for the foreseeable future.  If true, that means serious trouble for institutions like hospitals, doctors' and dentists' surgeries, etc., who rely on them for basic medical hygiene as well as protection against infectious diseases.

The pity is, there's no real need for such a shortage to exist.  Surgical masks and respirators are not the first line of defense for the general public against coronavirus or any similar epidemic.  There are many basic precautions we should observe to protect ourselves, such as this list from Dr. John Campbell (see the video from which it's taken here - it contains useful information).

Excellent facts and a good checklist. Something to add to your situational awareness.

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