SPAIN, FRANCE & ITALY LOCKED DOWN. NOW WHAT?
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1/ The effects will only be seen in a few days.
Incubation period means that the number of new cases today represents infections happened 3-14 days ago.
2/ Social distancing must continue INSIDE houses.
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(thread)
1/ The effects will only be seen in a few days.
Incubation period means that the number of new cases today represents infections happened 3-14 days ago.
2/ Social distancing must continue INSIDE houses.
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3/ I read that, in China, a large chunk of infections happened within families.
This means that social distancing must happen within families too, if there's reason to suspect that a member could have been exposed.
This means that social distancing must happen within families too, if there's reason to suspect that a member could have been exposed.
4/ If someone in a house is suspected of infection, it's imperative that (s)he is relegated to a room, a dedicated bathroom (if possible), he eats alone, he washes hands often, he wears mask & similar measures
It's hard, but necessary.
It's hard, but necessary.
5/ It's imperative to avoid contagion to doctors and to hospitals.
Patients that want to get tested should adopt all precautions while going to see medical attention, including calling in advance & signaling their status before entering the hospital.
Patients that want to get tested should adopt all precautions while going to see medical attention, including calling in advance & signaling their status before entering the hospital.
6/ Similarly, hospitals should avoid at all cost infected patients getting anywhere except designated covid-areas.
(The thread is not medical advice, I'm not a doctor, but a collection of practices which should probably at least be considered)
(The thread is not medical advice, I'm not a doctor, but a collection of practices which should probably at least be considered)
7/ "Virus pollinators" should be stopped wherever possible.
This includes pharmaceutical informators, visiting priests, and any other profession going from doctor to doctor or from sick person to sick person whose job is not immediately necessary.
This includes pharmaceutical informators, visiting priests, and any other profession going from doctor to doctor or from sick person to sick person whose job is not immediately necessary.
8/ Spain & France will probably learn, as Italy did, that the first days of the lockdown are ineffective, as the population is still partially in denial and doesn't respect the measures or, worse, travels the country to reach their hometown.
9/ Pandemics grow the size they need to be acknowledged, and then 100 times after that
(see below)
Part of the reason is because even after the lockdown, transmission inside families continues.
We need to stay vigilant.
(see below)
Part of the reason is because even after the lockdown, transmission inside families continues.
We need to stay vigilant.
10/ Europe cannot help Italy because it got sick too.
It didn’t adopt social distancing when it was clear Italy was exposed to the virus.
Don’t do the same mistake. To be able to help your loved ones, you need to adopt social distancing.
It didn’t adopt social distancing when it was clear Italy was exposed to the virus.
Don’t do the same mistake. To be able to help your loved ones, you need to adopt social distancing.
