Simple safety tips for trick-or-treating after Fauci greenlighted Halloween 2021
There’s no need to pull out the candy catapult this year, but a few reasonable precautions can keep COVID-19 transmissions in check.
Meg Sorg, Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, Purdue University •
conversation
Oct. 19, 2021 • ~4 min
Oct. 19, 2021 • ~4 min
Yes, we should be keeping the healthier hand-washing habits we developed at the start of the pandemic
The risk of getting the coronavirus from a surface is low. But the frequent hand-washing from early in the pandemic is a good thing since most people weren’t washing their hands enough to begin with.
Melissa Hawkins, Professor of Public Health, American University •
conversation
Oct. 19, 2021 • ~7 min
Oct. 19, 2021 • ~7 min
Five ways the pandemic surge in hand sanitisers may not be great news in the long term
During a raging pandemic it is obviously worthwhile to use hand sanitisers, particularly when we are unable to wash our hands. But we should minimise their use when cases drop.
Manal Mohammed, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster •
conversation
March 15, 2021 • ~8 min
March 15, 2021 • ~8 min
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