Here’s what selfmagazine's EIC carolynkylstra has been telling her friends who are looking for a solid answer about what to do about coronavirus: We all need to practice social distancing as much as we can, starting as soon as possible.
It’s completely reasonable to be confused right now—unfortunately, we’re getting all sorts of mixed messaging from our top government officials, and the response from local policy makers and business owners has been piecemeal, rather than coordinated. I get the feeling that everyone is kind of just looking around, waiting for someone—anyone—to justIf you feel this way, here’s what I’ve been telling my friends looking for a solid answer:That means skip the party, the movies, the weekend trip.
When I have these conversations with my loved ones, I always send them supporting links to resources, reported articles, and op-eds by experts that help explain why social distancingactually an extreme reaction, and why we need to be doing it immediately. Here are some of the links I find myself turning to repeatedly to make this case. They might be helpful for you in your life, whether you still need some convincing, or you have loved ones who do.
This is an extremely helpful primer that lays out what social distancing means, why it’s important to flatten the curve, and exactly what you need to do and why., by Tanya Basu and Karen Hao in MIT Technology Review, published March 13: In this op-ed, Bossert advocates for “school closures, isolation of the sick, home quarantines of those who have come into contact with the sick, social distancing, telework and large-gathering cancellations.”, by William Hanage, an associate professor of epidemiology at the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health:
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