General Wellness

I posted something earlier about President Trump’s positive Covid test and about quarantining and isolation and I thought I’d elaborate a little. 

1. If you are exposed to someone you think may have had covid, but doesn;t have it for sure,there is nothing to do except monitor your symptoms and be in touch with the person about their status.
2. If you test positive for covid, symptomatic or not, you need to ISOLATE, unless the exposure was felt to be in the past (at least 14 days prior) and you are not symptomatic. If you are recently infected, you need to isolate which means NO contact with anyone other than essential people who MUST wear PPE.
3. GREY ZONE. If you have had direct contact with someone who turns out to have had Covid-19, you need to self quarantine, which is close to, but not as strict as isolating. How long is debatable and depends on the situation. If you have had significant exposure, then you may need to do the full 14 days from the day of exposure. That means, no travel, no venturing out and no contact with people if at all possible. Why so long? Because it can take that long for symptoms to develop. TESTING? Yes but it probably makes sense to wait 3 days after the initial contact. Immediate testing is more likely to give you a false negative result since there may not be enough virus around to test for. Do you need to ISOLATE? If the test was negative and you are asymptomatic, then you are probably OK. If you have symptoms, you need to repeat the testing.

Policies about isolation and self-quarantining vary from state to state, company to company and, unfortunately, doctor to doctor. It is always better to err on the side of caution if you can or, if you are not clear about what to do, check with your doctor.

In the meantime, do all you can NOT to get sick.

DISTANCE. Physical distancing, not social distancing. We need each other. 

WEAR A MASK.Wear an effective one and wear it correctly. 

WASH YOUR HANDS. Don’t rely on hand sanitizers unless it’s an emergency. DON’T TOUCH YOUR FACE.  

VENTILATE.  

VACCINATE. 

GET HEALTHY.  

Stay safe and be well.  

AC 😎✌️🌱❤🐖🏃🏻🧘🏻‍♂️🌎😷

Well, it happened. 

It is unfortunately President Trump and the First Lady’s turn to deal with the virus.

I can’t say I am surprised given his attitude and behavior.

I wish him well in his recovery.

He was witness to Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s equally irresponsible behavior and then he caught the virus, even landing him in the ICU for a few days apparently narrowly avoiding needing to be on a ventilator. Mr. Johnson changed his attitude about Covid and the need for PPE pretty quickly.

Our president did not learn from others’ mistakes.

As we get more and more information about the situation and his behavior around the time of his exposure, how he behaves is crucial in how he, and the rest of the country, move forward.

In my opinion, his example as our leader has been embarrassing and irresponsible.

He has an opportunity to change that, at least a little bit, but I am not holding my breath.

What should have happened?

As soon as anyone in his entourage tested positive, which apparently was identified a whole day before he was tested, he should have been quarantined. Anyone immediately exposed to someone who has coronavirus MUST quarantine for 14 days. That is the responsible thing to do. That is what we do and require our employees to do.

He, however, did not do the right thing. Instead,  he travelled to NJ for his rally and now, probably 100’s of people need to quarantine, if they are responsible and do the right thing.

If you become actually infected, on the other hand, you must ISOLATE. There is a difference between quarantine and isolation.

Isolation means NO contact with anyone other than essential personnel. Anything other than that is not only irresponsible, it is unethical and, in my opinion, criminal.

There are many stories of people, despite knowing they are infected, continuing to go about their business without any concern for others. Parents sending Covid positive kids to school or to team games. The stories are numerous and, to me, shocking.

If we are to get past this with as little morbidity and mortality, we know what we need to do. It’s painful. It’s uncomfortable. It’s exhausting. But it’s necessary.

DISTANCE. Physical distancing, not social distancing. We need each other. 

WEAR A MASK. Wear an effective one and wear it correctly. 

WASH YOUR HANDS. Don’t rely on hand sanitizers unless it’s an emergency. DON’T TOUCH YOUR FACE.  

VENTILATE.  

VACCINATE. 

GET HEALTHY.  

Stay safe and be well.  

AC 😎✌️🌱❤🐖🏃🏻🧘🏻‍♂️🌎😷