@icyfroth wrote:
precations very simple, really:
Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after touching bathroom or kitchen surfaces, door handles, light switches. Use sanitsing gel if you have it.
Practice social distancing.
Cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing. Throw away used tissues immediately.
If you have a sore throat, headache, fever, dry cough, chances are you've contracted the virus.
Self-isolate immediately for at least 2 weeks. Keep up fluids. You have an 80% of recovering. If you are over 80, that percentage falls.
It's not a death sentence. Most recover, some don't.
Same with everthing.
So simple, but not foolproof! I was checking out of Woolworths, about to pay, when a Woolworths employee pushed past me to exit the checkout aisle, brushing up against me in the process. We then had a very close face to face confrontation with only inches between our faces, as she tried to defend her actions by saying "how else can I get through?" As it was 9.03 am, I suspect she was running late to relieve the checkout girl who was serving me. When I told her she should know better, her response was that plenty of others would have passed by me in the store. All complaints to management have failed to have this person sacked, which I believe she should be. I am only going out for absolute necessities, keeping my husband at home, because he has serious health issues and would be very unlikely to survive this virus. We are both elderly and in the high risk group. That day, I only had to pick up medication for him and a few grocery items. So think again, if you think you are bulletproof, while you may do each and every thing possible to keep yourself safe and well, there is always going to be some idiot out there who will endanger you. Woolworths' motto is "A Safe Place to Shop" Well, not for me on that day. We are making every effort to stay safe. Friends and family have been told not to visit. However, in the end, it may not be enough.
