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What Is A Coronavirus?\u00a0\u00a0What is COVID-19?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It is the year 2020, and the world has changed, literally, over a span of a few weeks.\u00a0\u00a0Global travel which was at its prime just recently, making it one of the hallmarks of the 21st<\/sup>\u00a0Century, has become more restricted, and in some cases are at a standstill.\u00a0\u00a0Most forms of commerce have slowed down, some of the world\u2019s biggest corporations are posting losses instead of profits, and even the world\u2019s major economies are warning its citizens of a possible recession.\u00a0\u00a0What has caused such a drastic change?\u00a0\u00a0A group of inanimate microscopic entities capable of wreaking havoc on a lot of people\u2019s health, spreading quickly and causing disease in the global human population, raising alarms and fear amongst many, and causing a global human mortality rate never before seen in recent decades.\u00a0\u00a0It is a Virus.\u00a0\u00a0More specifically, a Coronavirus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What exactly is a Coronavirus?\u00a0\u00a0And is this totally new to the world?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Coronavirus is not a single kind of virus.\u00a0\u00a0Instead, it is a family of viruses, characterized by crown-like protrusions on their surface.\u00a0\u00a0These protrusions are actually protein receptors, and their appearance is the basis for the virus family\u2019s name:\u00a0\u00a0Coronavirus, a virus with a crown.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

While it is believed that Coronaviruses have existed long before in animals habituating areas far from human existence, it was first detected in humans in the 1960s.\u00a0\u00a0There are hundreds of species in the Coronavirus family, some existing in humans, others in animals, others in both.\u00a0\u00a0Of the hundreds of known Coronaviruses, only six were known to cause disease in humans as of early 2019.\u00a0\u00a0A common characteristic amongst these six Coronaviruses was the fact that they had the potential of causing upper respiratory tract illnesses in humans, although in varying severities.\u00a0\u00a0Four of these six viruses were known as Alpha Coronavirus 229E, Alpha Coronavirus NL63, Beta Coronavirus OC43, Beta Coronavirus HKU1, and were common infections world-wide, causing mild to moderate upper respiratory tract illnesses like the common cold.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In November 2002, a 5th<\/sup>\u00a0Coronavirus that could cause disease in humans was identified.\u00a0\u00a0This one caused Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS.\u00a0\u00a0The virus was hence named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome \u2013 Coronavirus, or SARS-CoV.\u00a0\u00a0This specific virus disappeared in 2004, hopefully due to eradication and not just because of being dormant.\u00a0\u00a0Another Coronavirus, now the 6th<\/sup>\u00a0species known to cause disease in humans, was detected in September 2012.\u00a0\u00a0This 6th<\/sup>\u00a0species is suspected to have originated from dromedary camels in the Middle East region, and the disease was thus named the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, it is also a severe upper respiratory tract illness.\u00a0\u00a0The virus was named Middle East Respiratory Syndrome \u2013 Coronavirus, or MERS-CoV.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

On 31 December 2019, the Government of China reported to the World Health Organization that they were handling a case of pneumonia of unknown causes.\u00a0\u00a0The case originated from Wuhan, China, was known to be caused by a previously unknown virus, and so the virus was at first nicknamed the \u201cWuhan Virus\u201d.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Since that first report of a pneumonia case of unknown cause in Wuhan, China, the world has now been introduced to a 7th<\/sup>\u00a0Coronavirus that causes disease in humans.\u00a0\u00a0Once the virus was confirmed to be a Coronavirus, it was referred to in public media as \u201cnovel Coronavirus\u201d to indicate that the virus was newly detected, and therefore not much details were known about it.\u00a0\u00a0Over the course of the next month more and more cases of same characteristics were being reported in China, and with rapid contagion being reported and proven across geographic borders, the World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30th<\/sup>\u00a0January 2020, merely a month since the first case was officially reported.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

On 11th<\/sup>\u00a0February 2020, the disease was officially named the Coronavirus Disease 19, or COVID-19, to denote that it was caused by what is now the 7th<\/sup>\u00a0human disease-causing Coronavirus, and that the disease was first detected in 2019.\u00a0\u00a0The culprit:\u00a0\u00a0the virus now officially named the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2 (although many people across the globe still refer to it as the \u201cWuhan Virus\u201d).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

On 11th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2020, with more and more cases being reported in more and more countries across the globe, it was clear that the virus was spreading fast and far, the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a Global Pandemic.\u00a0\u00a0With deaths due to COVID-19 reaching unprecedented rates, some countries shutdown borders, others declared their own communities under quarantine or lockdown.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

While many viruses have proven to be contagious even in recent decades, the big concern with SARS-CoV-2 is that it is proving to spread really fast, much faster than most other viruses.\u00a0\u00a0It is this rate of spread that has made it necessary to restrict human mobility both across borders and within borders.\u00a0\u00a0Another big concern is that not all who have the virus actually show symptoms.\u00a0\u00a0Therefore it is possible, even proven, that a person could be carrying the virus and inadvertently be spreading it without anyone knowing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What is known about SARS-CoV-2 is that it is spread through body fluid, particularly respiratory tract fluids (e.g. saliva, phlegm, nasal mucous or snot).\u00a0\u00a0When an infected person sneezes or coughs, their respiratory tract fluids containing the virus could be ejected in droplet or aerosol form.\u00a0\u00a0If these fluids come in contact with another person, so does the virus it carries.\u00a0\u00a0Once the virus gets to an uninfected person, and the virus gets spread into the person\u2019s mouth, nose, or eyes, it will find its way into that person\u2019s respiratory tract, and that person becomes infected.\u00a0\u00a0Once infected, this person can now be spreading the virus, too.\u00a0\u00a0If the respiratory tract fluids get onto the hands, and the hands touch another person\u2019s hands, and that other person touches his or her face, there is potential to spread the virus into the mouth, nose, or eyes, and eventually into this new person\u2019s respiratory tract.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Even indirect contact can spread the virus.\u00a0\u00a0If the droplets land on doorknobs, handrails, or any other commonly touched surfaces, whoever touches those surfaces will have the virus on their hands, and then they could touch someone\u2019s hands, or touch their own face, and the cycle continues.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Now that infectious disease experts have been able to identify how SARS-CoV-2 spreads, they have also been able to formulate the tested and proven methods to prevent their spread, and thus reduce the COVID-19 cases that result from this contagion.\u00a0\u00a0Not surprisingly, most of these methods are basic, simple, easy, and have been proven effective long before the first Coronavirus was detected.\u00a0\u00a0Read on to know what you may already have been doing right, and what else you should be doing to make yourself more protected against catching the virus and suffering from COVID-19.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Frequent and Proper Hand Washing<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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As simple a measure as this may be, frequent and proper hand washing is a godsend when it comes to preventing the spread of viruses and bacteria, including the SARS-CoV-2.\u00a0\u00a0Proper handwashing is a time-tested proven effective way to prevent virus and bacteria infection and transmission.\u00a0\u00a0Unfortunately, there are some who do not do it properly, and instead shortcut this measure with just rinsing their hands with just water, no soap.\u00a0\u00a0Just rinsing hands with water is not enough to get rid of disease-causing germs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There are 5 easy steps for proper and effective handwashing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

1. Wet your hands with clean running water, then apply soap.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2. Rub and scrub your hands together until the soap foams up. Spread the lather to cover the entirety of your hands, including the back of your hands, your palms, under your nails, between your fingers, and your wrists, or even a little past the wrists.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

3. Scrub your hands thoroughly for at least 20 seconds to make sure that you DO NOT MISS A SPOT.\u00a0\u00a0If it goes beyond 20 seconds for you to do this properly, that\u2019s fine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

4. Rinse your hands thoroughly under clean running water.\u00a0\u00a0Ideally, the water should flow from your fingertips down to your wrists, not the other way around (the rationale here is that if there are microbes on your wrists or arms, which you did not wash, flowing water from the arm-side going to the fingertips would simply contaminate your hands again).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

5. Dry your hands with a disposable paper towel or an air dryer.\u00a0\u00a0If you are using a cloth towel to dry your hands, make sure that cloth towel is in itself not contaminated.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Do this FREQUENTLY because there is a possibility that you will be picking up the virus several times over the course of a normal day.\u00a0\u00a0When you hold handrails, doorknobs, common surfaces or even the occasional hand shake (which is no longer encouraged), all of these have the potential to be harboring the virus, which could easily come onto your hands.\u00a0\u00a0And if you touch your face (some people do this habitually and thus do not even notice they are doing it), the virus gets closer to being in your mouth or nose, or even your eyes, and eventually in your respiratory tract.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Wear a Mask<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\u201cProtect yourself from others, and protect others from yourself.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0This is the logic behind wearing a mask to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and avoid getting sick with COVID-19.\u00a0\u00a0There are several reasons why wearing a mask makes sense to prevent viral transmission.\u00a0\u00a0As has been mentioned earlier, a sneeze or a cough can project droplets of respiratory tract fluid.\u00a0\u00a0Research has proven that these projectiles can reach 6ft to 9ft away from the person who sneezed or coughed (more on this later).\u00a0\u00a0If you are wearing a mask, you have less chances of those droplets landing on your mouth or nose, and therefore more chances of protection.\u00a0\u00a0That is the concept of protecting yourself from others.\u00a0\u00a0If they are carrying the virus, and they sneeze or cough your way without covering their mouths, if you are not wearing a mask you will possibly catch their respiratory tract fluids.\u00a0\u00a0If you are wearing a mask, you will possibly have your mask catch their respiratory tract fluids before these make their way to your mouth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What about protecting others from yourself?\u00a0\u00a0Well, if you are carrying the virus, and you sneeze or cough, you will be projecting the virus through the droplets you sneeze or cough out.\u00a0\u00a0Even if you cover your mouth with your hands, not only are you getting the virus onto your hands, research shows that much of the droplets still do not get trapped by a hand, especially if the hand is slow and too late to cover the sneeze or cough (which can often be the case).\u00a0\u00a0Wearing a mask raises the chances that whatever you sneeze or cough out will be caught by your mask before it infects others.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Take note that a sneeze or cough can also project respiratory fluid in aerosol form, tiny droplets that can get suspended in the air for a few minutes (think of atomizers).\u00a0\u00a0These aerosolized respiratory tract fluids can carry the SARS-CoV-2.\u00a0\u00a0That means if someone sneezes or coughs, and creates an aerosol of virus-infected respiratory tract fluid, and you walk into that aerosol (because you could not see it and did not know it was there to begin with), if you were not wearing a mask you could breathe the virus in.\u00a0\u00a0If you were wearing a mask, there\u2019s a higher chance your mask will catch the aerosol before it gets into your mouth or nose.\u00a0\u00a0Wear a mask.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There are several types of masks to choose from.\u00a0\u00a0In a hospital setting, when dealing with COVID-19 patients, they use masks that filter out AT LEAST 95% of viruses (e.g. N95, FFP2, etc.) because of the higher risk they face, because the environment there is virus-rich.\u00a0\u00a0For the ordinary persons going out to public places, higher-filtration rated masks like those used in the hospital setting would be beneficial, but not as needed.\u00a0\u00a0Surgical masks (some of which are rated to filter out 80% of viruses) are cheaper, currently more easily available than N95 masks, and should be sufficient for general public use when physical distancing is observed (more on that later).\u00a0\u00a0Cloth masks and handkerchiefs or bandanas, some of which are home-made, are not officially rated, but would still offer a layer of protection.\u00a0\u00a0The level of protection offered by home-made cloth masks, handkerchiefs, and bandanas would be dependent on the thickness of the cloth, how many layers of cloth there are, and how easy it is for droplets to penetrate through the layers of cloth.\u00a0\u00a0The rule of thumb would be, the thicker the cloth, the finer the weave, the more difficult for the droplets to get through.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Make sure to wear your masks properly.\u00a0\u00a0If the mask does not seal around your mouth AND nose (not just one or the other) then those leaks on the side can become entry or exit points for droplets and aerosols.\u00a0\u00a0Proper N95 or FFP2 masks, as well as surgical masks, have a strip of metal or wire that is meant to be formed to the contour of the nose when worn.\u00a0\u00a0These masks are also sized according to the wearer\u2019s face, it is not a one-size-fits-all kind of thing.\u00a0\u00a0For cloth masks, it would be good to try to get it sized to one\u2019s face to reduce those leaks around the mouth and nose.\u00a0\u00a0Note that this also means it will not be as easy to breathe when wearing a mask.\u00a0\u00a0This is to be expected, and to be endured.\u00a0\u00a0Consider the possible consequences of not wearing a mask (i.e. higher chance of catching COVID-19) versus the discomfort or inconvenience of wearing a mask, and the choice would logically be obvious.\u00a0\u00a0Wear a mask when going out to the public.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

One more note about masks:\u00a0\u00a0You need to change them from time.\u00a0\u00a0Some hospital protocols, especially for those frontliners dealing with COVID-19 patients, require their masks to be changed every 3 to 4 hours.\u00a0\u00a0This is because there is a high likelihood that the masks the frontliners wear would have gotten contaminated over that period of time in a virus-rich environment.\u00a0\u00a0The general public will still get their masks contaminated, but as long as physical distancing is observed, changing masks every 3 to 4 hours may not be necessary.\u00a0\u00a0It is difficult to generalize a protocol on regularity of mask changing, since different people use different types of masks, and have different places they go to, have different population densities in the places they go to, and observe different distances in physical distancing.\u00a0\u00a0The rule of thumb is, your mask is likely to have gotten contaminated over the course of a normal day, change it after a normal day\u2019s use.\u00a0\u00a0If you suspect your mask is already contaminated (possibly because someone sneezed on you without them wearing a mask), change it if you can.\u00a0\u00a0Of course, all this is dependent on mask availability.\u00a0\u00a0If a replacement mask is not available, consider decontaminating your mask.\u00a0\u00a0Note, that using solvents on surgical masks has the potential to compromise their filtering ability.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Do Not Touch Mouths, Noses, and Eyes<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Protect yourself from others, do not touch their mouth, nose, and eyes.\u00a0\u00a0Protect others from yourself, do not touch your own mouth, nose, and eyes.\u00a0\u00a0If you realize that you have touched a mouth, nose, or eyes, either your own or someone else\u2019s, wash your hands properly.\u00a0\u00a0If washing your hands is impossible at the moment, at least disinfect it with alcohol or a hand sanitizer (but hand washing is still preferred over these shortcut measures).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Why is touching a mouth, nose, or eyes such a big deal?\u00a0\u00a0Because these are where respiratory tract fluids are abundant (yes, including the eyes, whose tear ducts drain to the nasal cavity).\u00a0\u00a0What this means is if you are carrying the SARS-CoV-2, you could get the virus onto your hands just by touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.\u00a0\u00a0If someone else is carrying the virus, you could get the virus by touching their mouth, nose, or eyes (but, why would you touch someone else\u2019s mouth, nose, or eyes?).\u00a0\u00a0If you get the virus onto your hands, touching a mouth, nose, or eyes (yours or someone else\u2019s) could transmit the virus to that mouth, nose, or eyes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Remember, you can get the virus onto your hands either through the droplets of someone else\u2019s respiratory tract fluids, or from an aerosol of infected respiratory tract fluids, or from touching surfaces that are contaminated with infected respiratory tract fluids.\u00a0\u00a0So, even if you did not touch an infected person\u2019s mouth, nose, or eyes, you could still get the virus onto your hands and transmit it to another mouth, nose, or eyes.\u00a0\u00a0Better yet, just do not touch your face, because anywhere there is too close to your mouth, nose, and eyes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Cover Mouth And Nose When Sneezing And Coughing<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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A person with COVID-19 will often have respiratory issues, which include frequent coughing, frequent sneezing, and a frequent urge to declog their noses by blowing out.\u00a0\u00a0The blowing of noses can be contained with a tissue, followed by the proper disposal of this tissue, and the proper washing of hands.\u00a0\u00a0The frequent coughing and\/or sneezing is a potential for spreading the virus, either because the respiratory fluids get suspended in the air while in aerosol form, or the droplets land on someone\u2019s face or hands, or the droplets land on a commonly touched surface.\u00a0\u00a0This is why it is important that people cover their mouth AND nose when coughing or sneezing.\u00a0\u00a0Of course, we already mentioned earlier that, more than covering your mouth and nose with your hand, wearing masks would be more effective in containing the droplets from a sneeze or cough.\u00a0\u00a0So, yes, wearing a mask is the more effective way of covering a sneeze and cough.\u00a0\u00a0If you end up having to use your hand to cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze or cough, hopefully you use a tissue to line your hand, dispose this tissue properly, and wash your hands properly after.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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To prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, avoid contact with someone who is infected with the virus.\u00a0\u00a0As heartless and insensitive as that may sound, it needs to be made clear that this is not just about compassion for the sick, but also the protection of the public\u2019s well-being.\u00a0\u00a0If you do not need to handle an infected person, it is best to avoid coming in contact with that person.\u00a0\u00a0This is why hospitals do not allow visitors to COVID-19 patients.\u00a0\u00a0Even the patients\u2019 next of kin is usually not allowed to visit them.\u00a0\u00a0The rational is that the less people who get exposed, the less people who get infected, the less people who can infect others.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Healthcare Workers who handle COVID-19 patients do so with thorough procedures and wearing personal protective equipment, all designed to minimize their direct exposure to the virus carried by their patients.\u00a0\u00a0These Healthcare Workers also go through a stringent decontamination process when they get off their shift, before they expose themselves to the general public.\u00a0\u00a0Even then, these Healthcare Workers also go through stringent quarantine procedures even after their decontamination process.\u00a0\u00a0The general public do not normally have access to the same protective equipment, nor are they knowledgeable of the necessary control, decontamination, and quarantine procedures, which can be quite extensive.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Overall Good Hygiene Habits<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Aside from frequent hand washing and covering your mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing, overall good hygiene habits are just as important to prevent getting sick with COVID-19.\u00a0\u00a0With COVID-19 currently at pandemic level, and with some infected people being without symptoms (aka asymptomatic), you will not know for sure whether or not you actually got exposed to the virus.\u00a0\u00a0Overall good hygiene will help prevent you getting infected.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

More than just washing hands and covering mouths and noses, people should consider the cleanliness of the entire body.\u00a0\u00a0Showering or bathing at the end of a normal day will decontaminate you if you happen to have caught the virus while you were out in public.\u00a0\u00a0In fact, it is good practice to get cleaned up (i.e. shower or bathe) as soon as you get home from a public place, even before you hug anyone at home.\u00a0\u00a0Clothes you were wearing in a public place should be segregated away from other items in your home.\u00a0\u00a0If you were in a highly populated area, consider washing your clothes as soon as you get home, or at least seal them in a plastic bag until you can get them washed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Oral hygiene is also part of good hygiene habits, so brush your teeth at least twice a day.\u00a0\u00a0Remember that brushing teeth can also clean out viruses that may have made their way to your mouth, and therefore still reduce the chances of infection.\u00a0\u00a0If not for that, at least brush your teeth frequently so you would not have to endure your own breath while wearing a mask.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Using a tissue when blowing a nose, wiping snot, covering a sneeze or cough, all seem pretty common sense.\u00a0\u00a0And when one is sick with COVID-19, there is a big likelihood that there will be a lot of coughing, sneezing, and runny nose.\u00a0\u00a0Unfortunately, the need for proper disposal of contaminated tissues does not seem to be as evident to some people.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

When you use a tissue to wipe whatever is coming out of your mouth or nose, that tissue will be contaminated, it will carry your mouth or nose fluids, and whatever virus is contained in those fluids.\u00a0\u00a0If you put that tissue inside the tissue roll (which some people do), or if you leave the tissue on a table, whatever virus is contained in the tissue will spread to the surface that the tissue is in contact with.\u00a0\u00a0Whoever touches that surface will catch the virus on their hands.\u00a0\u00a0When the now contaminated hand touches a face, the virus finds a new host, and the cycle of infection and transmission is replicated with that new host.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Once a tissue is used, it must be PROPERLY DISPOSED of immediately.\u00a0\u00a0That means it must go into the proper trash bin, and that bin must be covered lest the tissue blows away if there is a gust of wind present.\u00a0\u00a0Do not get into the habit of collecting used tissue inside the tissue roll or onto a table top for bulk disposal.\u00a0\u00a0As soon as the tissue is used, throw it into the trash bin.\u00a0\u00a0If there is no trash bin in your area, seal the tissue in a plastic bag and throw the tissue and the plastic bag it\u2019s in into the trash bin as soon as you can.\u00a0\u00a0With this in mind, if you absolutely have to be going around while you\u2019re sneezing, coughing, and having a runny nose, bring a plastic bag along with your box or roll of tissues.\u00a0\u00a0That way, even if you find yourself without a trash bin to throw your used tissues in, you\u2019re ready with a plastic bag to seal the used tissue in.\u00a0\u00a0Of course, if you are sick, it is best to not be going out and about and possibly spreading the virus to the people around you.\u00a0Besides, if you are sick, that means your immune system is down and you are more likely to catch whatever viruses or bacteria are out there, making yourself sicker than you already are.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And remember, once you have touched and disposed of the used tissue, there is a likely possibility that you are carrying the virus on your hands.\u00a0\u00a0That means your hands are likely to be contaminated, so you need to wash your hands right away.\u00a0\u00a0Do not wait until later to wash or sanitize your hands.\u00a0\u00a0Do it right away so you lessen the chances of touching your face or anything else with your hands still contaminated.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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When you buy food from the grocery store, know that it has been handled by many hands before it got to you.\u00a0\u00a0How sure are you that all these hands are as clean and virus-free as you need them to be?\u00a0\u00a0Any of these hands could have been harboring viruses and bacteria, or the ones handling the food before you did might not have been wearing a mask, or a customer before you may have sneezed an aerosol onto the packaging or the food itself.\u00a0\u00a0The possibilities are plenty and the assurance of cleanliness is few.\u00a0\u00a0The truth is, you do not have a realistic way to be sure of the food\u2019s level of cleanliness, so you will need to ensure it yourself by washing it yourself.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Once you have bought the food from the grocery store, wash it before you store it.\u00a0\u00a0If it is sealed in packaging, even the packaging can harbor the virus, so wash those, too.\u00a0\u00a0Wet goods like fresh meat need to be washed before storage, and cooked thoroughly before serving.\u00a0\u00a0Fresh vegetables need to be washed, too.\u00a0\u00a0If the vegetables are to be cooked, the heat should further reduce the possibility of a live virus infecting you.\u00a0\u00a0If the vegetables are to be served uncooked, as in a salad, wash them before you toss them in for serving.\u00a0\u00a0And remember, whoever is preparing the food, either cooking meat and vegetables, or preparing the salad, these people should wash their hands properly before handling the food, both in preparing the food and in serving the food.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And if your role is to eat the food, you also have a role to wash your hands before you eat.\u00a0\u00a0The cleaner the hands that handle the food from start to finish, the less chances there will be that the viruses will get to infect the diners.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Staying well-hydrated is a very important part of keeping fit and healthy.\u00a0\u00a0The average adult human body is composed of approximately 60% water.\u00a0\u00a0Every cell and organ in your body needs water to function the way it should, so that gives you an idea of just how important hydration is.\u00a0\u00a0A person who gets dehydrated will reduce the body\u2019s ability to function properly.\u00a0\u00a0This reduced function includes the lowering of the immune system.\u00a0\u00a0When a person\u2019s immune system is lowered, that person becomes prone to succumb to viruses that infect them.\u00a0\u00a0That means if you catch the SARS-CoV-2, it will be much easier for the virus to make you sick with COVID-19 because the immune system is unable to fight it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Over the course of a normal day, the human body keeps losing water.\u00a0\u00a0The body\u2019s normal functions like exhaling, perspiring, urinating, and defecating (aka pooping) all cause the body to lose water.\u00a0\u00a0This is why it is important to keep replenishing lost fluids by hydrating constantly throughout the day.\u00a0\u00a0Of course, the next question would be how much water to take in.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There are several variables to determine exactly how much a person should drink in a day.\u00a0\u00a0The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine determined that 3.7 liters would be adequate fluid intake for the average adult male, and 2.7 liters for the average adult female, factored for temperate regions.\u00a0\u00a0These figures would be higher for people who perspire more due to a hotter environment, or due to exercise or sports.\u00a0\u00a0Fluids sources are not just water itself.\u00a0\u00a0Fluids can be sourced from other drinks and even food. Studies show that the average person sources 20% of their fluid intake from food, and the rest from beverages.\u00a0\u00a0Note that some beverages have a diuretic effect, meaning they tend to make you lose more water.\u00a0\u00a0Certain sodas, alcoholic drinks, teas, and coffees tend to make one urinate more, but the lost water can easily be replaced by drinking more.\u00a0\u00a0The key is to keep drinking water or other beverages constantly, even in small amounts during the day.\u00a0\u00a0If you are thirsty, your body is signaling you that you need to hydrate immediately.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Your body actually has some warning mechanisms to alert you if you\u2019re getting dehydrated.\u00a0\u00a0As mentioned, thirst is the first indicator.\u00a0\u00a0If you get thirsty often, proactively drink more fluids than you currently do.\u00a0\u00a0Dry lips also indicate the onset of dehydration.\u00a0\u00a0If your urine is dark yellow in color, you are dehydrated.\u00a0\u00a0If your urine is light yellow, dehydration is not yet a concern, but you would benefit to drink a little more.\u00a0\u00a0If your urine is colorless, you should be ok, unless you\u2019re thirsty, of course.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Exercise And Stay Healthy<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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The normal human body was designed to move.\u00a0\u00a0Even prehistoric humans are proof of that.\u00a0\u00a0If they didn\u2019t move to chase their animal prey, they\u2019d have no lunch.\u00a0\u00a0If they didn\u2019t move to run away, they\u2019d be some animal\u2019s lunch.\u00a0\u00a0It is not surprising then that the lack of physical activity has proven to be detrimental to the human body.\u00a0\u00a0In fact, the World Health Organization considers physical inactivity to be a global public health problem, with more than 3.2 Million deaths per year attributable to insufficient physical activity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The problem with physical inactivity, the lack of exercise, is that it degrades the body\u2019s ability to function at its peak.\u00a0\u00a0When the body lacks exercise, cardiac health suffers, the digestive system is not as efficient, the musculoskeletal structure deteriorates faster, and even the immune system weakens.\u00a0\u00a0Exercise is more than just about looking good or losing weight (although some people do exercise with these objectives in mind), it is ultimately about being healthy, resilient, and functional.\u00a0\u00a0When it comes to being protected from disease, a healthy body is more disease-resistant than an unhealthy body, simply because a healthy body\u2019s immune system is stronger, and therefore more likely to overcome the virus instead of the virus overcoming the body.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Many studies have been conducted to determine the correlation between exercise and disease rate.\u00a0\u00a0The results have been consistent over the decades: people who exercise regularly get sick less than people who do not exercise.\u00a0\u00a0And when fit people get sick, the duration is usually shorter, they heal faster, and the severity is usually milder than of those who do not exercise.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The evidence is solid.\u00a0\u00a0If you want to avoid getting sick with COVID-19, keep your body healthy with exercise, eat healthful food, and you will strengthen your body against SARS-CoV-2.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Good Quantity And Quality of Rest<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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The body goes through wear and tear in the course of a normal day.\u00a0\u00a0At the end of the day, after hours expending energy being awake and working on your daily tasks, your body needs time to rest.\u00a0\u00a0It is during this rest time that your body recalibrates its systems, recuperates expended energy, recovers from all the stress, and rebuilds whatever cells were damaged in the course of the waking hours. Do not underestimate the importance of adequate rest.\u00a0\u00a0People who do not get enough rest have evident deterioration in brain and body function, sometimes to the point of inability to perform routine tasks safely due to loss of focus, or loss of motor skills, or both.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Without rest, the stresses and damages on the body will accumulate because the body is not given a chance to recalibrate, recuperate, recover, and rebuild.\u00a0\u00a0One of the body\u2019s systems to take a direct hit would be the body\u2019s immune system, it becomes weak over prolonged periods of inadequate rest.\u00a0\u00a0With a weakened immune system, any virus will have an easier time overcoming the body\u2019s defenses, making its host fall ill easily.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Sleep is regarded the best form of rest.\u00a0\u00a0It is a long-held belief that the average adult needs 7-8 hours of sleep a day.\u00a0\u00a0In actuality, the quantity of sleep may be important, but the quality of sleep is just as important.\u00a0\u00a0Having 7 to 8 hours of shallow and interrupted sleep will not bring the body to the deep sleep state that it needs to recover, recuperate, and rebuild itself.\u00a0\u00a0If you wake up after 8 hours of sleep and still feel exhausted and unrested, it is a probable sign that your sleep quality is bad, and your body is not getting enough recuperation.\u00a0There are many ways to get a good night\u2019s sleep, and medication is not necessarily considered the best option.\u00a0\u00a0There are usually some daily habits that need to be tweaked to prepare you for a good night\u2019s sleep.\u00a0\u00a0For example, drinking stimulants (e.g. sodas, coffee, energy drinks) less than 2 hours before bedtime is a usual culprit for poor quality sleep.\u00a0\u00a0Even if the stimulant effects wear out by your designated bedtime, your sleep quality will still likely be poor, and you will not give your body a chance to fully repair itself.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Try the following habits to help you get better quality sleep:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Drink nothing but water at least 2 hours before bedtime, but do not drink too much that you would need to urinate often.\u00a0\u00a0Food is ok, but no more coffee and soda in those 2 hours before bedtime.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Allot at least 3 hours between your last workout and bedtime.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Make your sleep environment as quiet and dark as possible.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Do not use gadgets to lull you to sleep.\u00a0\u00a0The light from the gadget actually stimulates the brain to resist sleep.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Try to get your mind relaxed at least 1 hour before bedtime.\u00a0\u00a0Whatever stressors you have, try to tell your mind to set it aside to the next day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Start taking deep, long breaths to calm the body and mind.\u00a0\u00a0Inhale 3 to 5 seconds, hold your breath for 3 to 5 seconds, exhale 3 to 5 seconds, pause for 3 to 5 seconds before you inhale again for the next cycle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Remember that the SARS-CoV-2 can stick to inanimate objects, and remain potent for a number of days.\u00a0\u00a0The actual duration of its potency depends on the material it rests on.\u00a0\u00a0This means if the virus rests on one of your personal belongings, it can remain there for a few days, until it decays or you clean it off, whichever comes first.\u00a0\u00a0That also means the potent viruses on your belongings can still make you sick if you touch it and touch your face.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For this reason, it is important to disinfect the surfaces in your home that could harbor viruses.\u00a0\u00a0These would be the surfaces that are subjected to a lot of handling by hands that may have come from public places.\u00a0\u00a0Door knobs, handrails, table tops, chairs, all of these are subjected to almost constant handling.\u00a0\u00a0If any of the hands that touch them happen to have the virus, the virus can easily transfer onto the object\u2019s surface, waiting to attach to the next hand that touches it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

When you go out in public, all the exposed items you have on you or with you will have been exposed to whatever viruses are floating around, including possibly SARS-CoV-2.\u00a0\u00a0Your phones, purses, pens, watches, and wallets, even more, all these could have picked up viruses from outside.\u00a0\u00a0When you get home, if the virus is still on them, you\u2019ll be bringing those viruses inside your house unless you disinfect these items.\u00a0\u00a0Even your shoes could have picked up some pathogens off the ground.\u00a0\u00a0Experts are actually still debating this, as to whether there are indeed some items that catch enough viruses to make people sick.\u00a0\u00a0Some say these items carry enough to make you sick, so disinfection is important.\u00a0\u00a0Others say these items do not carry enough viruses to make you sick, so disinfection is optional.\u00a0\u00a0It would be good to err on the side of caution.\u00a0\u00a0Disinfect your personal belongings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Physical Distancing (aka Social Distancing), the practice of keeping people physically far from each other, at least 6ft or 1-meter from the next person, is a COVID-19 prevention measure that the general public is constantly being asked to do.\u00a0\u00a0The rationale behind this practice makes sense.\u00a0\u00a0As mentioned earlier in this article, a sneeze or cough can project droplets 6ft to 9ft away.\u00a0\u00a0Therefore, by staying farther than the droplets can travel, you get out of reach of these droplets and the viruses they could be carrying.\u00a0\u00a0That means in case the masks fail to contain the droplets from the sneeze or cough, persons would still be well away from the person who projected the droplets, and therefore safe from possibly catching the virus from them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Treatments For COVID-19<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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As of this writing, there are no confirmed vaccines or anti-virals for curing people with COVID-19.\u00a0\u00a0Some vaccines and anti-virals are being developed by several drug companies and some governments.\u00a0\u00a0However, these are still in the development phase, and the claims that they are almost complete have proven to be media hype in most cases.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Many have seen on TV some COVID-19 cases being treated in hospitals.\u00a0\u00a0Because there is still no known cure for COVDD-19, as in currently nothing known to either purge or kill the SARS-CoV-2 from the human body, all treatment being done to patients are really just symptom-based and supportive in nature.\u00a0\u00a0That means they are just treating the symptoms, not really eliminating the virus.\u00a0\u00a0And they are supporting the patient, hoping the patient lives long enough to develop enough anti-bodies to defeat the virus.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The global recovery rate from COVID-19 is in the area of 80%, all of these without anti-virals or so-called \u201ccures\u201d for the disease.\u00a0\u00a0These recoveries are all people whose symptoms were addressed, whose medical needs were supported, and whose immune systems developed antibodies and measures to overcome the virus until the body was finally able to subdue the virus and slowly nullify its effects.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It used to be that anytime you felt you were sick, going to a Medical Doctor was the automatic option.\u00a0\u00a0However, hospital-borne infection (catching a bug when exposed in the hospital) is a high risk and a very valid concern during an epidemic (or in this case, a pandemic).\u00a0\u00a0There are now more doctors advising their patients to first do a virtual consult before going to the hospital or the medical clinic for testing and treatment for COVID-19.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With that in mind, it is advisable to observe and consider your signs and symptoms keenly.\u00a0\u00a0If these symptoms persist, or if they progress, call your Doctor and consult your symptoms with him or her.\u00a0\u00a0If the symptoms you describe, as well as the exposure history you provide add up to the possibility of COVID-19, your Doctor will prescribe a test particularly to detect the SARS-CoV-2.\u00a0\u00a0As of this writing, a laboratory test is the only method known to confirm if what you are sick with is COVID-19, or not.\u00a0\u00a0And since there is currently still no known confirmed vaccine and cure for COVID-19, the prevention tips in this article will be your best option to help keep you safe and healthy.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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