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Originally Posted by twdm
I think the most important thing is the wash your hands frequently with soap and water and sanitizer (if soap and water is not available), touching your face, eyes, stay home when sick etc.
Telling people to avoid travel and large gatherings, wear masks when outside only spreads fear and distracts from the actual cause of transmission which is poor hygiene and working/going out when sick.
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Hand sanitizer is close to non existence right now. So scratch that out. Also employers should enforce the policy that sick employees should not go in to work when sick. I don't see that happening at all. At least Uber is stepping up and paying their drivers while on 14 day quarantine if they get sick on the job.
By the way, let me tell you a true story, there are ppl that I know who came from outbreak countries to Canada for a funeral 2 weeks ago. The border guards told them to self isolate only if they have symptoms, but some ppl can be a carrier of the virus and be asymptomatic during the incubation period. The next day they went all over crystal mall, dimsum places and the funeral. And as of today, nothing has changed. Gov are still letting people in from outbreak countries without mandatory isolation. At most they will tell you to self isolate for 14 days after arrival, but if you are on vacation, u wouldn't want to spend the whole vacation in isolation right? So what do people do? Disregard the information and just go out and possibly spread the virus to Canadian residents. So much for "slowing" down the pandemic. It's not a matter of IF, it is now a matter of WHEN. And at this rate Bonnie and Justin are only speeding up the process, so It's going to be SOON.
If there was some sort of gate keeping, or some sort of reassurance through action rather than repeated words like "situation in b.c stable" or "remains low risk", I bet you less people would be panicking /worried. But the 6 new cases yesterday at senior home just proved people should be worried. They allowed people back from cruise ship in Cali & Iran without quarantine.