Coronavirus

The coronavirus is on  everyone's mind and there's a good reason for that. The coronavirus family  includes the common cold, so you wouldn't think that this is anything to worry about. but it is. This version or adaption of the virus produces lesions on the lungs which can develop into pneumonia.  The best thing to do is to avoid getting the virus -
  1.  - Stay home when you can,
  2. - Don't shake hands and try not to touch anything that someone else might have handled. 
  3. - Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds in soap and water. If you can't get to a sink, use a hand sanitizer. Your hands are going to become drier with this activity so also keep a moisturizing lotion close by - this will cut down on paper cuts that can get infected.
  4. If you cough, do it into a tissue and then toss the tissue or into the crook of your arm (elbow) so that the bug  can't escape into the air around you.
  5. - Don't hoard hand sanitizer, tissue, toilet paper, or anything. There is enough to go around as long as we don't get greedy.

Resources for information on the Coronavirus:

• The Centers for Disease Control land Prevention; 
• The National Institutes of Health;
  
• World Health Organization
  
• Washington State Department of Health
  
• Washing your hands video
  

Many large gatherings are cancelling out of caution. This is both good and bad. Avoiding human contact is the best way to avoid the bug that is dangerous for those who have compromised immune systems or other health complications, especially older folks, like us. But, we also can't panic and barricade ourselves forever. This bug is likely to keep going around for some time. Let's just use common sense.