Here’s a sober and well-researched article about the virus from the Guardian today:
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/coronavirus-reasons-to-be-reassured
This paragraph in particular:
Catching it is not that easy (if we are careful) and we can kill it quite easily (provided we try). Frequent, careful hand washing, as we now all know, is the most effective way to stop the virus being transmitted, while a solution of ethanol, hydrogen peroxide and bleach will disinfect surfaces. To be considered at high risk of catching the coronavirus you need to live with, or have direct physical contact with, someone infected, be coughed or sneezed on by them (or pick up a used tissue), or be in face-to-face contact, within two metres, for more than 15 minutes. We’re not talking about passing someone in the street.
Some news outlets are reporting just that: news, without the misinformation and hysteria.
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