Head of infectiious disease clinic USA

• Here's finally something practical and honest from the :
• Head of the Infectious Disease Clinic, University of Maryland, 
• USA:
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• 1. We may have to live with C19 for months or years. Let's not deny it or panic. Let's not make our lives useless. Let's learn to live with this fact. 
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• 2. You can't destroy C19 viruses that have penetrated cell walls, drinking gallons of hot water - you'll just go to the bathroom more often.
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• 3. Washing hands and maintaining a 
• two-metre physical distance is the best method for your protection. 
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• 4. If you don't have a C19 patient at home, there's no need to disinfect the surfaces at your house.
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• 5. Packaged cargo, gas pumps, shopping carts and ATMs do not cause infection. 
• Wash your hands, live your life as usual.
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• 6. C19 is not a food infection. It is associated with drops of infection like the ‘flu. There is no demonstrated risk that C19 is transmitted by ordering food.
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• 7. You can lose your sense of smell with a lot of allergies and viral infections. This is only a non-specific symptom of C19.
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• 8. Once at home, you don't need to change your clothes urgently and go shower! 
• Purity is a virtue, paranoia is not! 
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• 9. The C19 virus doesn't hang in the air. This is a respiratory droplet infection that requires close contact. 
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• 10. The air is clean, you can walk through the gardens (just keeping your physical protection distance), through parks.
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• 11. It is sufficient to use normal soap against C19, not antibacterial soap. This is a virus, not a bacteria.
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• 12. You don't have to worry about your food orders. But you can heat it all up in the microwave, if you wish.
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• 13. The chances of bringing C19 home with your shoes is like being struck by lightning twice in a day. I've been working against viruses for 20 years - drop infections don't spread like that!
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• 14. You can't be protected from the virus by taking vinegar, sugarcane juice and ginger! These are for immunity not a cure. 
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• 15. Wearing a mask for long periods interferes with your breathing and oxygen levels. Wear it only in crowds. 
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• 16. Wearing gloves is also a bad idea; the virus can accumulate into the glove and be easily transmitted if you touch your face. Better just to wash your hands regularly. 
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• 17.  Immunity is greatly weakened by always staying in a sterile environment.  Even if you eat immunity boosting foods, please go out of your house regularly to any park/beach. 
• Immunity is increased by EXPOSURE TO PATHOGENS,  not by sitting at home and consuming fried/spicy/sugary food and aerated drinks.