Please, do not gather in large groups or go to places, particularly indoor spaces, where many people gather. Stay home if you can. This virus is spreading and we don’t know where and how far because of the poor testing capacity. Act NOW to slow spread and save lives.
See this for the growing concerns about asymptomatic transmission. You don’t need to know you’re sick to be transmitting this virus:
See this for a smart, but blunt, assessment of where things are at and headed to in NYC if steps aren’t taken immediately to halt almost all public activity:
We are a community, & we can only get through this without much unnecessary death if we react as a community. We need to do all we can to slow spread to help alleviate what is going to be an extreme burden on our health care system. We must ALL act NOW by staying home if we can.
Our shared vulnerability is on full display right now. We must harness that to protect one another by physically distancing in a way that most of us never imagined would be a part of our lives but is essential.
At the same time, we also must stay in contact with loved ones, and stay ~virtually~ social. We can adjust these new technologies to ensure that our physical distancing need not isolate us from one another. Keep people close (but through a phone or computer)!
