As states reopen, here’s how you protect yourself from the coming surge

Food for thought…. When/As the rules are being relaxed, and just because you will now be allowed to go out in public doesn’t mean you should. Is this the right time to plan family gatherings, dinner parties and play dates. Restaurants, retail shops and salons might be open, but will going be worth the risk?

This article presupposes that there will be another surge and suggests ways that the community and individuals can protect themselves. What are your feelings about our State’s impending reopening?

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Leana S. Wen is an emergency physician and visiting professor at George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. Previously, she served as Baltimore’s health commissioner.

The federal government’s social distancing guidelines ended last week. As states lift their shelter-in-place orders and reopen parts of their economies, I am deeply worried that the next phase of the coronavirus pandemic will bring much more suffering and many more preventable deaths. What should concerned policymakers and residents do? Two things:

First, prepare for a massive surge. read more…