Where I live (USA, Kentucky), we’ve been under something much like “shelter in place” without the scary name and been engaged in social distancing, event cancellation, bars and restaurants closed, non-life sustaining businesses closed, strongly encouraged work from home, etc., etc. for over a week now. Masks & googles are being strongly encouraged in Kentucky to be crafted, sourced and donated for front-line healthcare and emergency workers plus at-risk populations. We’re hearing massive messaging about the grave risks of being indoors in a public, poorly-ventilated space. Critical retailers like groceries and pharmacies are closing to sanitize then offering their first hour of being re-opened to at-risk populations, mostly the elderly, to reduce airborne transmission.
I’m very happy to hear that! Here in Massachusetts, we are doing many of the same things. It’s just that that list of things somehow never coalesced into a message in my mind: “Don’t breathe air that has been recently exhaled by someone else!” as a general principle for guiding my decisions and actions. I have heard “Wash your hands” 5000 times from officials, bosses, celebrities, etc., but I have never once heard that.
Where I live (USA, Kentucky), we’ve been under something much like “shelter in place” without the scary name and been engaged in social distancing, event cancellation, bars and restaurants closed, non-life sustaining businesses closed, strongly encouraged work from home, etc., etc. for over a week now. Masks & googles are being strongly encouraged in Kentucky to be crafted, sourced and donated for front-line healthcare and emergency workers plus at-risk populations. We’re hearing massive messaging about the grave risks of being indoors in a public, poorly-ventilated space. Critical retailers like groceries and pharmacies are closing to sanitize then offering their first hour of being re-opened to at-risk populations, mostly the elderly, to reduce airborne transmission.
Are we in the same USA?
I’m very happy to hear that! Here in Massachusetts, we are doing many of the same things. It’s just that that list of things somehow never coalesced into a message in my mind: “Don’t breathe air that has been recently exhaled by someone else!” as a general principle for guiding my decisions and actions. I have heard “Wash your hands” 5000 times from officials, bosses, celebrities, etc., but I have never once heard that.