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With Covid19 (Corona Virus) reaching all continents expect the Antarctica ,experts are suggesting that people avoid hugging and kissing or any show of affection like pecks on the cheeks ,high fives or even reduce formal handshakes to avoid spreading the disease.
KIng Henry the VI is said to have banned kissing in 1439 to combat the spread of the plague.
The fact that Italy has become the epicenter of the disease now and spreading it to various European countries calls for stricter measures to avoid infection. Wearing the specially recommend masks, washing of hands frequently with soap and water, using hand sanitizers often and even isolating oneself if you have any symptoms of cold cough, fever etc. getting a proper medical check up done would contain the risk of spreading the virus any further. Remember that Prevention is better than cure.
However, people who do not show these symptoms could also spread the virus if they are carriers, which is most importantly why this advice to avoid formal or informal physical contact has been given.
While it is important to be cautious it doesn’t do any good to panic and spread messages about the disease that are not validated. There are many videos being circulated which are fake and fear mongering in nature. So before forwarding such messages or videos check for the veracity of the message.
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It is better to be safe than sorry, right?
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Are you afraid of Covid19?
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I can’t say I’m afraid of the disease. My body is ailing under the heaviness of some diseases that are making my life difficult to live.
Well, people will have to wave at each other as a form of greeting.
I am sorry to hear that, please stay safe. We don’t have to let fear take over.
Thank you. I will stay safe. I hope you too will stay safe.
I agree, prevencion is very important. I am afraid of this type of Coronavirus but not too much afraid because there are no cases in my country yet.
Good for you, but it has reached pandemic proportions now and it is important to stay safe.
I have been taking a lot of precautions. I will try my best to keep safe 🙂
The Covid19 virus is more a cautionary tale at this point. It presents mostly mild. The thing that scares me is not this specific virus.
It is how fast this virus spread.
There are worse virus in the wild, if they start spreading like this, then we are in big trouble.
I was really worried when Ebola was detected in African countries, but you are right this one one is spreading like wild fire and taking a toll on the elderly population.
the toll on the elderly is huge. The disease is really bad and the spread right is horrific.
I worry that it spreads so fast.
Hmm.. every morning we wake up to bad news since Covid19. Hope you have a pleasant day.
First, thank you for your kind wishes. I return those to you – have a great day today.
sometimes no news is better than only bad news!
We should all be concerned and pay attention.
Agree and act responsibly.
As one doctor says on youtube, “stay alert not anxious”. To be honest, I am very paranoid about contagious diseases in general. The thing is that most people are not very responsible, especially when it comes to protecting others.
I understand. Today they caught a couple from China in Singapore , both were infected , I wonder how many people they have passed on their infection too. Absolutely irresponsible.
That’s really upsetting. The only thing we can do is try to boost our own immune systems and hope for the best.
I agree , and take all the precautions too.
Precautions are preferred.
I agree with you, We need to be alert and proactive.