Help me to understand wrote:
Armstronglivs wrote:
Not banned. Bored. By you. I am not interested in being tested by your transparently disingenuous questions.
Well, thanks for nothing! So disappointing that when asked simple, honest, questions you fail to deliver information, but at least you were also light on the insults this time, so I guess I've got that going for me?!?
I am surprised that anyone would come to LRC - where the half-baked and the uninformed are the norm - to seek answers on public health questions and particularly when it concerns their own health.
But here goes. The issues can be understood at an epidemiological level - and I am not an epidemiologist - and as a political phenomenon, which is observable to anyone following events.
Your questions about how you should keep yourself safe have been regularly answered by medical experts from all around the world. They are measures you can exercise yourself but are also partly dependent on the public health response in your community.
Social distancing is the key. The reason for that is the virus is spread either through moisture droplets in our breath or by our touching contaminated surfaces and then touching our faces - the virus enters through the mouth, nose and eyes. Hence the advice to thoroughly and regularly wash our hands and avoid touching our faces. And don't shake hands with others.
Safe social distancing is seen as being about 2 metres, as the moisture droplets from our breath - and not just from sneezing and coughing - can carry in the air before they fall to the ground. That is the same whether you are standing, walking or running. If you are running with others or passing members of the public then social distancing should apply - 2 metres separation.
If the virus is widespread in your community the safest thing to do is avoid contact with others as much as possible - stay at home. The more people you are in contact with the greater the likelihood you may contract the virus or pass it on. Socializing with family and friends isn't safe - particularly for older people or those with underlying conditions. In a lockdown situation you would only have contact with those who share your "bubble" - those you live with.
However, the degree of self-isolation that you can effectively observe will also depend on the behaviour of others in your community - and that will depend on the public health policies put in place by your mayors and governors.
This virus is not a flu (for which we have vaccines), it is more serious and spreads much more easily. It is also unusual in that its effects are not consistent. Some have no symptoms, others are affected mildly, some are hit very hard - and much harder than a flu. And some die. Many, at a national and global level. I understand that 4000 died in the worst week of the seasonal flu. With this virus we are now seeing over 2000 dying in the US each day. Each day - not a week. Some were young, fit and healthy. You don't know how it might affect you - or your family and friends. It has to be taken seriously because there won't be a vaccine for many months at least, if not a year.