Although it’s nightime in Denmark, the World Health Organization has met and issues a press conference upgrading the conditions for a pandemic from a 4 to a 5. Six is the highest on this pandemic scale.
We’ve got 96 cases so far here in the US, my home state of Illinois just announced it’s first case.
My concern is that my adult children and my husband all work closely with the public. They touch money from customers, and are in direct contact with hundreds of people.
I’ve already got health issues and we’ve got a six month old baby in the house. I’m going to take some extra precautions, especially since we live in an apartment in a building with 5 other apartments. So I am going to buy some bleach and rags and periodically make sure that certain elements of the building are wiped down a couple times a day. This would include the front door knob and area around it, the railings inside the hallway and stairway, the mail box area, our door knobs, etc. Handwashing will be a must as it should be.
Now I might sound like I’m panicking but, I’m home here 24/7, so it’s no big deal for me to take a few more minutes out of my day to do this extra cleaning. Also when my parents were very ill, they stocked up on all kinds of protective gloves, so we’ll probably use them when we go grocery shopping or if we need to take public transportation.
It’s very difficult for Americans to deal with this sort of thing because you want to protect yourself and your family, but you don’t want to go overboard for fear of looking like an idiot in case nothing comes of this. You want to be prepared however, and the best way to do this is to keep checking in with Medcare Forum and your preferred news agencies.
BE AWARE, WASH YOUR HANDS, AVOID TOUCHING YOUR EYES, NOSE, AND MOUTH, COVER YOUR FACE WHEN SNEEZING OR COUGHING WHETHER IT’S YOU OR SOMEONE NEAR YOU DOING IT, AND DISINFECT AREAS LIKE TELEPHONES, AND RAILINGS AND DOORKNOBS, THINGS THAT ARE FREQUENTLY TOUCHED.
IF YOU ARE SICK, SEE YOUR DOCTOR, AND QUARANTINE YOURSELF BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT STEPS IN AND HAS TO DO IT.
REMEMBER ALSO THIS COULD POSSIBLY JUST BLOW OVER BEFORE IT GETS WORSE, IT’S NOT LIKELY, BUT IT COULD HAPPEN, SO DON’T PANIC. GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS AS USUAL TILL INFORMED OTHERWISE.