Thread by @DrTomFrieden

1/6 Some very large, densely packed crowds at protests yesterday. Although outdoors WAY less risky than indoors, and although the vast majority of people protesting wore masks, crowding and large numbers increase risk of spread.

2/6 People with COVID-19 have wide range of symptoms – none to severe – 2-14 days after exposure:
Fever or chills
Cough
Shortness of breath
Fatigue
Body aches
Headache
New loss of taste/smell
Sore throat
Runny nose
Nausea/vomiting
Diarrhea
and more
bit.ly/2XHLIcC

3/6 #COVID19 continuing to spread in US communities, nursing homes, factories, jails, prisons, shelters, elsewhere. Black people have higher rates of severe illness and death, likely from combination of more exposure, more underlying health conditions, less access to health care.

4/6 Anyone with symptoms of #COVID19 should isolate themselves from others and get tested quickly. (Like a flu-shot locator, HHS should provide a test site locator by zip code, but this was the most similar link I could find:
bit.ly/2AIt37t )

5/6 Protests or no protests, the virus is still spreading. We need to continue to urgently scale up services of the Box It In strategy: Test, Isolate, Contact Trace, Quarantine. These are services - case management support for patients and their contacts. bit.ly/2AQfse0

6/6 And remember the 3 Ws:
Wear a mask
Wash your hands (or use hand sanitizer)
Watch your distance.