How can we flatten the curve or what is self-isolation and social distancing all about?
The idea behind the self-isolation and social distancing is the response to the knowledge on how the virus spreads. Given the speed with which it might “travel” between individuals and spread amongst communities it is recommended that people minimise their social contacts and presence in a public sphere in order to minimize the number of occasions for the virus to spread between the people.
It is recommended to reduce the movement of people and material objects outside of our households to what is considered as essential. Cut down on everything that is not essential. Try to refrain in this period from books’ exchanges, toys exchanges. Do not exchange stones on the beach. If the movement of objects is essential – remember about the contactless transport (gloves), desinfection of external surfaces and washing hands.
Those who can stay all the time at home (because they do not have to commute to work or run any essential errands) are encouraged to limit their social contacts to the immediate members of family living in the same household. When staying outdoors we need to keep social distance from other people for around 2 meters and keep close only to those with whom we live in the same house. Staying outside we need to remember that the research already proves that the virus can live on various surfaces. So places like playgrounds are not considered as safe any more because the virus lives especially long on the metal surfaces.
Even the empty playgrounds are now the place where the virus might potentially be present that is why they are being officially closed. At this level of cases it is highly probable that whatever you touch outside your household may potentially lead to infection. It is either you spreading the virus by touching things outside or you getting it from those who had touched before.
Of course the life cannot stop and we cannot all just sit and wait. We need food to eat and many other essential goods that we might run out of in the meantime.
Also many people will just simply continue to go to work as they cannot work from home.
In this cases preventive measures are extremely important such as desinfecting hands when running water and soap are not available, washing hands with soap for around 20 seconds straight after getting inside, often washing of the clothes, cleaning the surfaces, desinfecting the packages in which we get the things delivered to our household, trying to foster contactless deliveries by e.g. encouraging the use of gloves by the couriers.
The idea behind the self-isolation and social distancing is the response to the knowledge on how the virus spreads. Given the speed with which it might “travel” between individuals and spread amongst communities it is recommended that people minimise their social contacts and presence in a public sphere in order to minimize the number of occasions for the virus to spread between the people.
It is recommended to reduce the movement of people and material objects outside of our households to what is considered as essential. Cut down on everything that is not essential. Try to refrain in this period from books’ exchanges, toys exchanges. Do not exchange stones on the beach. If the movement of objects is essential – remember about the contactless transport (gloves), desinfection of external surfaces and washing hands.
Those who can stay all the time at home (because they do not have to commute to work or run any essential errands) are encouraged to limit their social contacts to the immediate members of family living in the same household. When staying outdoors we need to keep social distance from other people for around 2 meters and keep close only to those with whom we live in the same house. Staying outside we need to remember that the research already proves that the virus can live on various surfaces. So places like playgrounds are not considered as safe any more because the virus lives especially long on the metal surfaces.
Even the empty playgrounds are now the place where the virus might potentially be present that is why they are being officially closed. At this level of cases it is highly probable that whatever you touch outside your household may potentially lead to infection. It is either you spreading the virus by touching things outside or you getting it from those who had touched before.
Of course the life cannot stop and we cannot all just sit and wait. We need food to eat and many other essential goods that we might run out of in the meantime.
Also many people will just simply continue to go to work as they cannot work from home.
In this cases preventive measures are extremely important such as desinfecting hands when running water and soap are not available, washing hands with soap for around 20 seconds straight after getting inside, often washing of the clothes, cleaning the surfaces, desinfecting the packages in which we get the things delivered to our household, trying to foster contactless deliveries by e.g. encouraging the use of gloves by the couriers.