Being quarantined is hard and weird, but I wake up every day comforted I'm doing it. Because it’s not about whether or not I would survive coronavirus, it's about vulnerable loved ones—and strangers—who can live and die based on whether I wash my hands, or enter a crowded bar. 1/ We should all be acting as we have it. I don’t want anyone reading this to feel the gut-wrenching regret of thinking through who they were near when they were contagious and didn't know. To some it feels like an overreaction. What a blessing it'd be if that ends up being true. 2/

There's so much we don't know about COVID-19, and there are a lot of conflicting coronavirus predictions out there that can be scary.

But here is a thread of some things we do know, things that can help you right now regardless of what you think may happen in the future: 1/ Hand sanitizer is nearly impossible to find and is one of the best defenses against getting sick, period. But you can make it at home a couple of different ways, with things you may already have in your house. Here's how: wired.com/story/how-to-m… 2/