> For those of us who have gotten a tad paranoid, here is some common sense.
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> *Dr. Henry is the Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia,** the first woman in this position. She is also an associate professor at the University of British Columbia. She has a background in* *epidemiology and is a specialist in public health
and preventive medicine. *
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> *The Wisdom of Dr. Bonnie Henry*
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> 1. We may have to live with COVID-19 for months or years. Let's not deny it, or panic. Let's not make our lives useless. Let's learn to live with this fact.
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> 2. You can't destroy COVID-19 viruses that have penetrated cell walls, by drinking gallons of hot water you'll just go to the bathroom more often.
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> 3. Washing hands and maintaining a two-meter physical distance is the best method for your protection.
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> 4. If you don't have a COVID-19 patient at home, there's no need to disinfect the surfaces at your house.
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> 5. Packaged cargo, gas pumps, shopping carts and ATMs do not cause infection. If you wash your hands, live your life as usual.
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> 6. COVID-19 is not a food infection. It is associated with drops of
infection like the 'flu. There is no demonstrated risk that COVID-19 is transmitted by food.
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> 7. You can lose your sense of smell with a lot of allergies and viral. infections. This is only a non-specific symptom of COVID-19.
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> 8. Once at home, you don't need to change your clothes urgently and go shower! Purity is a virtue, paranoia is not!
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> 9. The COVID-19 virus doesn't hang in the air for long. This is a respiratory droplet infection that requires close contact.
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> 10. The air is clean, you can walk through the gardens and through parks (just keeping your physical protection distance).
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> 11. It is sufficient to use normal soap against COVID-19, not antibacterial soap. This is a virus, not a bacteria.
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> 12. You don't have to worry about your food orders. But you can heat it all up in the microwave, if you wish.
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> 13. The chances of bringing COVID-19 home with your shoes is like being
struck by lightning twice in a day. I've been working against viruses for 20 years — drop infections don't spread like that!