1/ Q: I hear that the @CDCgov recently published tips on “personal and social activities.” Can you please provide an overview?
A: The CDC urges people to consider these four factors prior to engaging in any given activity...
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1. Extent of disease burden in your community;
2. Likelihood you’ll come into contact with exposed individuals;
3. Your personal/household risk for a bad #Covid_19 outcome should you be exposed;
4. Ability to adapt personally protective behaviors (or as we say, #StaySMART!)
3/ Along with these principles, the CDC also offers tips and best-practices for activities like
🏦 going to a bank
🍴eating out at a restaurant*
🍔 hosting a cook-out/dinner party
💪going to the gym
💅visiting a nail salon
🏨 traveling overnight
📕visiting libraries.
4/ (* Also, see our previous post on safely eating out! Linked at the end of this thread)
Activities not covered (at least not yet):
🧑🤝🧑safer dating/sex
⛪️church-going
👵visiting grandparents.
5/ As quoted by @NewsHour: pbs.org/newshour/healt…
CDC’s Dr. Jay Butler importantly cautions that these guidelines are “not intended to endorse any particular type of event” and that activities should be pursued “in accordance with what local health officials are advising.”
6/ The good news is that each of us has the power to protect ourselves and our communities by adapting simple #harmreduction strategies such as those put forth by the CDC.
Thanks to our awesome community for keeping up the good work with #handwashing and staying #SMART!
7/ Here is the CDC “personal and social” guidance webpage: cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…
Recent Dear Pandemic post about outdoor restaurant dining:
facebook.com/dearpandemic/p…
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