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COVID-19 Coronavirus and Lung Health: What can you do?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: May 10, 2020 | Replies (297)Comment receiving replies
@joelars- Joe, you do a fabulous job of researching. Your last question, "I question whether they would be as susceptible to many other, more common viruses, that we are consistently confronted with? The answer I believe is probably. But since this virus is much more lethal than common viruses we have to be more vigilant. Delay travel and do not travel into communities where there are is active COPID-19 so that you do not come into contact with anyone who is carrying the virus or is ill. Use common sense in your personal hygiene. And the list goes on and on. Joe, there are so many more unanswered questions than there are answers with this virus. I'm not sure if you are seeking answers to mollify your decision to just go about your daily routine or seeking answers where there are no answers yet. One recommendation is to go to the source of an article so that you can read the whole thing and not excerpts. Excerpts are known for misleading people because they take things out of context. Also, young people can be carriers, so you really never know who is or who is not contagious.
There is a bigger picture here and that is to stop the virus no matter what risk group you are in by being overly cautious. We aren't just individuals with a pandemic, we are what makes up our communities and it is our job to make sure we protect our communities
http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/statement-ncaa-covid-19-advisory-panel-ncaa-events
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/faqs.html
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@merpreb Hi Mary, you can fact check this, this is what I heard on the news yesterday: the Chinese American woman who contacted the virus at the source visiting relatives, infected her american husband after weeks of "intimate" contact back home in Illinois. The two went on to have "casual" contacts with 200+ people before realizing they were sick. The state tested the 200+ people and didn't find 1 case of infection. Their conclusion was casual contact is unlikely to spread the virus.
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@merpreb I think we as a country have become way too complacent, as Italy was, and if we do not get more vigilant we will end up in the same position with doctors choosing who will live and who will not. I have made the very difficult decision to forego going to my gym. I am still deciding if I will go to the pool since there is little contact with others and I can get out of the pool, change into dry clothes and leave to shower at home. I hate not exercising there, I am not very good about exercising at home, but as they say, change begins with each person. If everyone suspended going to places like that then we could halt the spread of coronavirus. There are many excellent articles out there, they should be heeded. Singapore has been praised for its response. More people have been tested there than in the entire US and they have managed to keep the curve almost flat.
https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/wellness-prevention/flattening-curve-for-covid-19-what-does-it-mean-and-how-can-you-help?fbclid=IwAR3Ds9u1Ppw6To4tOcJVh-VgsuA0RncwbzpKeDprxwboQnNeQ-uHdtsKVIk
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