Tips for staying safe

Troy Brennan MD:

Those simple things that we would do every winter to sort of try to avoid the flu or things that individuals should do.

Sree Chaguturu MD:

First and foremost is to practice safe hygiene with hand washing with soap and water. The most effective way to prevent COVID-19.

David Fairchild MD:

It should be probably around 20 seconds and make sure to get underneath your fingernails when you're washing your hands. That's really important as well.

Troy Brennan MD:

It's maintaining some social distance. Let's not shake hands over the course of the next sort of two to three months.

David Fairchild MD:

Everybody can do their part to help prevent the virus being spread. Cleaning surfaces, cleaning hands, some adequate social distancing, thinking about six feet. Those are probably the main thing.

Troy Brennan MD:

The symptoms of the Coronavirus include mainly coughing, a sore throat, upper respiratory tract infection, especially fever. Those are the things you really want to be watching for.

Sree Chaguturu MD:

If you feel you've been exposed to COVID-19 it is important to connect with your physician to find out what are the next best steps. Based on your discussions with your physician and potentially with the department of public health they'll determine if you should be at home and monitoring symptoms or if you should be coming in for testing, but is very important to coordinate with your physician and not try to make decisions on your own about what to do next.

David Fairchild MD:

Our family members, the people that we work with, the public is very upset, understandably, when we all have a very high stress level that actually decreases our immune system's function. Interestingly, the things that one can do to boost their immunity are probably the same things that your mom asked you to do.

Sree Chaguturu MD:

Eat properly, exercise and stay well rested.

Troy Brennan MD:

80% of people are not going to know they were infected or are going to have a very minor infection.

David Fairchild MD:

We're all going to be under stress during COVID-19 crisis.

Troy Brennan MD:

You have to take seriously any advice that we're giving you with regard to public health measures that we think would slow the spread.

Sree Chaguturu MD:

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