So #coronavirus is spreading. I mean, the hashtag is spreading on Twitter, and it seems to be an outbreak of the stupid. I thought I'd point instead to the WHO bulletin on the matter.
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I get the impression that your local drugstore is going to sell out of masks. That's not mentioned in the WHO bulletin. Instead, the bulletin repeats "wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands". Drugstores should be selling out of hand sanitizer.
Does hand sanitizer actually work? It's the sort of thing I question. The answer appears to be "yes": the alcohol kills viruses. 
From what I read, it appears that if you get infected, the most likely reason is that you touched something that an infected person touched (or sneezed on) then you touched your eyes, nose, or mouth.
