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ubject: What I am doing for the upcoming COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.


3) Open doors with your closed fist or hip - do not grasp the handle with your hand, unless there is no other way to open the door. Especially important on bathroom and post office/commercial doors.

I will suggest you use your non-primary hand (left, if you are right handed) to open a door, or if you have to touch any surface.  You are less likely (IMO) to touch your face with that one.  I carry a pocket full of tissues for when I have to touch something.

In private email here, another member indicated he uses only a non-contact pay system (Apple Pay or Google Pay).  Avoid handing your credit card to anyone as it may be contaminated when you take it back, and then you stick it in your wallet.

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Per this spreadsheet, Italy has tested over 53,000 and had just over 9,000 positives, so 80% of tests come back negative. That makes me think Italy is doing a fairly good job of testing widely. Is there another reason to think we should lack confidence in Italy's death rate?

See BostonCard's reply (#133) when I quoted that in one province in China, they tested 320,000 and 99.5% came back negative.

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ubject: What I am doing for the upcoming COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.


3) Open doors with your closed fist or hip - do not grasp the handle with your hand, unless there is no other way to open the door. Especially important on bathroom and post office/commercial doors.

I will suggest you use your non-primary hand (left, if you are right handed) to open a door, or if you have to touch any surface.  You are less likely (IMO) to touch your face with that one.  I carry a pocket full of tissues for when I have to touch something.

In private email here, another member indicated he uses only a non-contact pay system (Apple Pay or Google Pay).  Avoid handing your credit card to anyone as it may be contaminated when you take it back, and then you stick it in your wallet.

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Per this spreadsheet, Italy has tested over 53,000 and had just over 9,000 positives, so 80% of tests come back negative. That makes me think Italy is doing a fairly good job of testing widely. Is there another reason to think we should lack confidence in Italy's death rate?

See BostonCard's reply (#133) when I quoted that in one province in China, they tested 320,000 and 99.5% came back negative.