Is L.A. safe from the coronavirus? No place on earth is currently safe from Covid-19, but as we write this, there’s approximately 15 cases in the entire state of California. A recent case involves an individual in Northern California, approximately 7 hours north of Los Angeles and Hollywood.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, with cooperation with The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the following:
The risk from the novel coronavirus 2019 to spread in Los Angeles County residents is deemed to be low at this time.
We also grabbed some great general advice and perspectives from Colleen S. Kraft, MD, MSc regarding the virus:
We touch our face with our hands, including our nose, eyes, and mouth — areas with mucous membranes, an average of 15 to 23 times an hour. Much of the time, we don’t even realize we are doing it. We also touch door handles, subway poles, handrails, saltshakers, other people’s hands and grocery carts.
We inhale tiny droplets that come from someone sneezing or coughing nearby.Use soap and water for the amount of time it takes to sing the “Happy Birthday” song, or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer. In a study we conducted on hand hygiene, the most common areas missed by hand washers were thumbs, wrists, and in between fingers.