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Be Kind To Each Other And Wash Your Hands
Fear and misinformation make people crazy
If you haven’t heard about the coronavirus yet, you either live under a rock or do a really good job of avoiding people. Kudos to you for either scenario. For all of us other unlucky souls, we see it on television, it’s one of the first things that comes up in any conversation, and it truly is an important topic right now. It is NOT, however, something that should drive people to clear out whole store aisles, attempt to sell Purell for astronomical amounts, or do any of the other crazy shit people are doing. It’s pretty simple. We’ve been training for this disease since we were children.
Real information
As a society, we don’t suffer from a lack of information. We do suffer from a lack of quality information. The message gets twisted, stretched, and warped until it’s unrecognizable when it gets to us through our social media feeds and news outlets. It’s one of the biggest reasons you should be diversifying your information sources. Here are some real facts about the virus that has now been labeled a pandemic by the World Health Organization.
- Coronavirus, now named SARS-CoV-2, which was called COVID-19 (not sure who keeps deciding it needs a better name) causes mild illnesses similar to the common cold. It can and has…