Thread by @AbraarKaran

THREAD
1// Have been saying this for months— and have actually have been doing this for the entire year any time I went back to LA to see family, even with a negative test.

High risk workers should mask at home if they have regular exposure. Every layer matters. #covid19

https://twitter.com/skarlamangla/status/1348751731119648769

2// Increasingly colleagues of mine are incidentally testing positive without known exposure- takes 1-2 days to get PCR result back; end up exposing whole family in that time.

Nothing inherently safe about the home unfortunately.

3// In fact, may end up being most dangerous given less likely to mask here; very close prolonged exposure; crowding; ventilation variable

Now I’m going to accept that pragmatically speaking, most people are not going to mask at home BUT here are some personal recommendations...

4//

•have essential workers mask when they are hanging around high risk family
• eat at different times or outdoors if have backyard & don’t live in freezing weather
•if poss, have essential worker sleep separately
•this is on top of regular testing etc etc

5// If this sounds crazy, remember this is not forever. But if you’re in a place like #LACounty, where spread is unreal— and you are a worker w/ relevant risks at your job AND you have elderly or vulnerable folks at home— masking at home can actually be really important #covid19