Coronavirus: How to Stay Safe: What You Need To Know About 2019-nCoV (Health Matters Book 57) by Stone Carolyn

Author:Stone, Carolyn [Stone, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eternal Spiral Books, https://EternalSpiralBooks.com
Published: 2020-02-01T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7: Hot Spots Outside The Home

As we have said, unless you live alone in a cave, it is hard to avoid germs in modern society. When we started to take a closer look at all the possible ways to catch 2019-nCoV, we started tracking our life through a busy day in New York City working as a freelance writer and dealing with various clients.

By knowing how Coronavirus spreads, you stand a much better chance to combat it. Even if you become ill, you can help protect your family by doing whatever you can to stop its spread. If one of your children is sick, you can also try to prevent the spread of the virus throughout your entire family.

Most of us spend only part of our day at home. The rest of the time we are at work or school. We often take public transportation to get there. Sometimes we even work in a community setting such as a school, day care, senior housing, or hospital. The concentration of people we are with means the odds of contracting Coronavirus increase, especially in shared areas like the bathroom and kitchen, already the two main hotspots in our homes.

You might be surprised to discover that your office can often be just as dangerous as a community setting if you are not careful about basic hygiene practices in your workspace. Now that we have reviewed the many hot spots inside your house where you might catch Coronavirus, it is time to look at the most common hot spots outside the home.

These include:

*your desk at work

*the bathroom at work

*the kitchen at work

*communal equipment (printers, photocopiers and so on)

*restaurants, delis and other eateries

*public transportation

We will discuss each of these on the pages below. Let's start with a look at your desk at work.

*Your desk at work

We have already discussed whether or not you should go to work if there is a sick person in your household. You want to avoid getting sick yourself and try to stop the spread of the disease as best you can by being considerate of the health of others and their families.

Unfortunately, not everyone is that cautious, clean or considerate. There will be 'die-hards' who will come to work no matter what. (We used to be one of them.) That is very loyal and conscientious of them, but it can also be dangerous for others, especially those with a compromised immune system. Reminder: we brought back SARS from a trip to London months before anyone knew what it was.

Any shared item in the office poses the risk of spreading the disease. Just think of the number of items you touch in the office each day. Then multiply the number of times you touch it by the number of people in your office. If even 10% of them have the virus and do not wash their hands properly, you could be in serious danger of contracting the disease.

So let's start with your desk or cubicle. How many people come by

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