Did they have to cancel all the sports to give us the play-by-olay on the Corona Virus?

I didn't think I would miss sports so much. I mean you can't help liking them if you are in Boston, or, New York, or Kansas or Texas, or wherever your favorite team(s) are.

But, the play-by-play on the Corona virus is surely panicking people more than need be.

We need to learn more science as a nation to not panick.

The good news is, "PEOPLE ARE NOW WASHING THEIR HANDS AFTER THEY GO TO THE BATHROOM.'

This hand-washing action alone will help reduce disease. More on that has been posted other places in the blog (https://read-about-it.blogspot.com/2008/06/c-diff-epidemic-in-usa-and-europe-hits.html  &  https://read-about-it.blogspot.com/2012/06/update-from-personal-contact-wash-your.html).

We do need more science applied. For example, when you have some unknown condition, do not bring it into airports all over the country...California, Texas, New York, Stewart...  Keep that unknown in one place until you know what it is.

And using a quarantine is not treating people like lepers. Quarantine is used to prevent spread of disease. But quarantine the ill and those they have seen until we get a handle on controlling the disease., Don't lock down whole cities Too many people will go out of business while other people may be able to gain control of so much more.

Let's look at a few videos on the Corona virus, Watch them and reflect on them. Use these videos to bounce increase your microbiology and virology knowledge base, Expand from there.

If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know I am about getting you to think more deeply about science topics and to be able to formulate opinions and decisions based on data and research.  This post is no different.  Watch the vidos, jot down your ideas. Post your comments and questions. Have fun. and, oh, yes... Wash your hands with soap and water while singing your favorite song twice, (If you don't have a favorite song, use happy birthday.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC4s6-8De_o
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoGNARwjpPc&feature=youtu.be
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Note: I added a Reddit link as well for you to peruse the global news on Covid-19 rapidly:  https://www.reddit.com/t/coronavirus/.


Watch. Read. Share your ideas. Ask questions. Join a discussion.

Please read this article

eHealth Literacy:
Essential Skills
for Consumer Health
in a Networked World
Cameron D Norman, PhD1 and Harvey A Skinner, PhD, CPsych2 (Click here to read now)

J Med Internet Res. 2006 Apr–Jun; 8(2): e9. Published online 2006 June 16. doi: 10.2196/jmir.8.2.e9.

PMCID: PMC1550701

Copyright © Cameron D Norman, Harvey A Skinner. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 16.06.06. Except where otherwise noted, articles published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, including full bibliographic details and the URL (see "please cite as" above), and this statement is included.

• Traditional Literacy
  
• Information
  
• Media
  
• Health
  
• Computer
  
• Scientific
  
  
  
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  ¹Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and Department of Health Care & Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  Cameron D Norman, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, 190 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, , , Canada, Phone: +1 416 854 3805, Fax: +1 416 340 3595, ; Email: cameron.norman@utoronto.ca. and, ²Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada