Asaf Bitton, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, offers recommendations for social distancing. “This is not,” he says, “a snow day”:
the only strategies that can get us off this concerning trajectory are those that enable us to work together as a community to maintain public health by staying apart.*
March 16: The Boston Globe has an updated, expanded version of this piece.
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The sad part is that many of us are already practicing social distancing for many reasons. Quite frankly I rarely go shopping anymore and try to find times when it is less busy.
Although there seems to be this thought of "all you old people stay home because we can't take care of all of you if you get sick" that I think is slightly irresponsible. The assumption being made is that only "old people" or "boomers" will need the extensive health care.
How much better would it have been to state: "those of you who are already susceptible to illness whether the flu or common cold and well as those of you who are in certain age groups are advised to avoid public gatherings , etc." People may have taken the advice better instead of the panic buying.
Kirsten
My own thought is that everyone who can stay home should. I also like the idea of buying gift certificates, which we might do with our favorite restaurants.
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