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And I’m normally the person that’s like, ‘Girl, did you see this video?’” she said. “I was like ‘No, no, no, no, no, I’m not watching anything.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But eventually, days after the story of Floyd’s death had permeated the national consciousness and tens of thousands took to the streets to demand justice, Chioma Anaebere finally sat down and watched it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember watching it and just being like, ‘OK, well, I am now debilitatingly depressed,’” she said. “I was already teetering on the edge. 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In order to help process what she’d seen, Chioma Anaebere started writing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She drafted an article on the lessons police can learn from health care practitioners, which was recently published in \u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/policing-can-take-a-lesson-from-health-care/\">Scientific American\u003c/a>. Finishing it, she said, was the first time she felt “a huge sigh of relief” because it allowed her to work her thoughts and feelings out on the page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Jessica Edwards, a family physician in Texas, also said writing has helped her process her feelings. She’s written several \u003ca href=\"https://www.straightfactsnochaserpodcast.com/blog\">blog posts\u003c/a> and dedicated an episode of \u003ca href=\"https://www.straightfactsnochaserpodcast.com/podcastepisodes\">her podcast\u003c/a> to social determinants of health and how they impact Black Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me, those things have been really important for my mental health,” Edwards said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edwards has also been spending even more time with her patients, talking through their feelings in this moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But between a pandemic that disproportionately impacts communities of color and ongoing police violence, it’s a lot of weight to carry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not getting any reprieve,” Chioma Anaebere said. “We’re not getting any sort of respite from the pandemic. And you’re putting this on our communities as well. Like… have some empathy, have some mercy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while protesting in a pandemic may be dangerous, Chioma Anaebere says that, for many, this issue is more important than their own personal health. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Other Ways to Cope\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Here are some other techniques health care workers recommended for taking care of one’s mental health during this challenging time:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dr. Tiffany Chioma Anaebere, Emeryville:\u003c/strong> “Talking to friends and family helps a lot as well. And hearing people feel the same way that you do, and know that you’re not isolated in your own experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dr. Georgia Davies, New Jersey:\u003c/strong> “I’m really big on my mental health and physical fitness, and I feel like physical being physically fit kind of helps with your mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One thing I had to do in the last two weeks is, I don’t turn on the TV anymore to really watch the news at all, because I think I was also making me very anxious. … [I]t’s always something new. It’s always something different. 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Where Can You Find Help?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>California state officials also compiled a list of mental health resources \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/resources-for-emotional-support-and-well-being/#top\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>In late March, Imperial County had just nine confirmed cases of COVID-19, and the head of the largest hospital there thought his community had dodged a bullet. But Dr. Adolphe Edward soon realized his assessment was premature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of a sudden, we had 65 patients with COVID,” Edward recounted during a recent interview, “which was over 70 percent of my hospital admissions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the rural county on the U.S.-Mexico border with 180,000 residents has the highest coronavirus infection rate per capita of any California county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of June 16, the county’s public health department \u003ca href=\"http://www.icphd.org/health-information-and-resources/healthy-facts/covid-19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported\u003c/a> that 4,389 people had tested positive, and 52 people had died with the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cross-Border Lives\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The surge in cases is partly due to the county’s location right on the international boundary, health officials say. Edward’s hospital, the 150-bed El Centro Regional Medical Center, is just a half-hour drive north of Mexicali, a city with over a million residents in Baja California that has become the epicenter of the pandemic in Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edward said he expected that when COVID-19 hit Mexicali hard, the sickness would hit his hospital too. And in fact, many of the patients seeking treatment at the medical center were U.S. citizens or legal U.S. residents who live in Mexicali, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Dr. Adolphe Edward, El Centro Regional Medical Center\"]‘Disease does not know borders, does not know boundaries. We’re really the community of Imperial County and Mexicali, and what happens over there comes to us, and what happens over here affects them.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Disease does not know borders, does not know boundaries,” Edward said. “We’re really the community of Imperial County and Mexicali and what happens over there comes to us, and what happens over here affects them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edward added that 60 of his employees live in Mexicali and commute across the border to work each day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not sure if people are aware of just how common that is for us,” said Andrea Bowers, a spokeswoman for the Imperial County Public Health Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of people live on one side of the border and work or go to school on the other side, a practice that’s common in most border communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, the U.S. and Mexico extended until July 21, an \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/06/16/fact-sheet-dhs-measures-border-limit-further-spread-coronavirus\">agreement\u003c/a> to restrict “non-essential” travel between the countries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m always afraid that people are imagining this rush on the border,” Bowers said. “It’s just folks living their everyday life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11824836\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11824836\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/IMG_1489-2-800x602.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/IMG_1489-2-800x602.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/IMG_1489-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/IMG_1489-2-1020x767.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/IMG_1489-2-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/IMG_1489-2.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An emergency treatment area erected for COVID-19 patients at El Centro Regional Medical Center, Imperial County’s largest hospital. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of El Centro Regional Medical Center)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deaths Exceed Morgue Capacity\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Imperial County is part of a binational region, the agricultural county has only two mortuaries. Only one, Frye Chapel & Mortuary, is taking the bodies of people who die with COVID-19. In addition, the county coroner’s office lacks a facility of its own and uses space at Frye for the county morgue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Managing owner, Sheila Kruger, says the mortuary is holding more than double the number of decedents it had last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m it,” Kruger said. “We are bursting at the seams, literally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the mortuary handling all of the coronavirus funerals in the county, Kruger worries that the disease could keep spreading among the grieving families, who were often caring for their loved ones who died of the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These families that have been with the people that have COVID… they actually should be quarantined,” Kruger said. “[But] they come out here and try to make funeral arrangements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Coronavirus Coverage\" tag=\"coronavirus\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kruger says she will now only make plans for services by phone or email. And she says funerals are restricted to ten people at a time inside the chapel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What people have been doing is they’ll come in for a few minutes, and then they’ll leave, and another set will come in,” Kruger said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ability for larger numbers of people to take turns paying their last respects means a lot to the families, she said, but it can increase the risk of infection because the funeral-goers typically will congregate in the parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve asked them to stay in their cars until it’s time for them to come in, but they don’t follow that,” said Kruger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Large family gatherings are also a problem in other settings, according to Edward, the hospital director, who said the coronavirus cases spiked about a week after two recent holidays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were a lot of parties around Mother’s Day. There’s a lot of get-togethers on Memorial Day,” Edward said. “[And] I still see people out in the community that are not wearing their masks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public health officials have warned residents against congregating, and they are issuing guidelines in English and Spanish urging people to wear masks and keep a safe distance from one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baja officials are also urging residents to wipe their hands, disinfect and always wear masks in public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Baja California government\u003ca href=\"http://www.bajacalifornia.gob.mx/coronavirus?id=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> website\u003c/a> reported 3,826 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Mexicali, as of Tuesday. That’s fewer than the number of cases in Imperial County. However, Mexicali had 664 reported deaths from COVID-19, and health services there have been strained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Imperial County Wants More Control Over Safe Reopening\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imperial is one of six counties in California that had not yet received state approval for advanced stage 2 reopening. It’s one of 11 counties on a state monitoring\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/CountyMonitoringDataStep2.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> list\u003c/a> for “targeted engagement” from the California Department of Public Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Luis Plancarte, Chairman Imperial County Board of Supervisors\"]‘Employees are starting to say we want to work. Bills are stacking up.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Imperial County is experiencing elevated disease transmission,” according to the department’s website. “Drivers of this include U.S. citizens coming across the Mexican border seeking healthcare and continued need for staffing solutions at hospitals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the high caseload, the Imperial County Board of Supervisors wrote to Gov. 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According to 2018 U.S. Census data, 21% of county residents lived in poverty compared with 13% statewide average, and the median household income was $46,000 compared to the state median of $71,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Employees are starting to say we want to work,” Chairman Luis Plancarte said on a recent press call. “Bills are stacking up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board wants to reopen restaurants and retail stores to get the economy rolling again and says small businesses are committed to doing so safely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County officials said Tuesday they will meet with leaders in the California Department of Public Health on Thursday to discuss the request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, state health officials have stepped in to help supplement local medical resources — sending teams of doctors and nurses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since April 1, hospitals around California have accepted 300 patients from Imperial County who need higher levels of care. The state helped airlift them to hospitals in neighboring San Diego and Riverside counties and as far north as Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edward said the assistance is giving his staff a much-needed breather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re nonstop,” he said. “There is no Friday. There’s no Saturday. There’s no Sunday.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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She admits she’s not much of a photographer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I see the actual nature, I feel like it’s going to be that beautiful in the picture,” she said. “But then I look at the picture, it’s like, ‘Oh, my God, this is nothing like what is actually outside!'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snapping and then posting her favorite photos on social media is one thing that’s helping this nurse practitioner get through her day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Since this COVID thing, I’m paying more attention to the beauty of the nature,” Moghaddam said. “I feel like the sky is more blue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820603\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 691px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11820603\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43334_flowers-qut-e1591999671355.jpg\" alt=\"A photo Moghaddam snapped on a recent stroll near her home in Benicia.\" width=\"691\" height=\"623\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo Moghaddam snapped on a recent stroll near her home in Benicia. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Ameneh Moghaddam)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As if risking exposure to the coronavirus weren’t stressful enough, frontline health care workers have also been facing high burnout rates from the pressures of taking care of patients in overloaded hospitals and clinics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moghaddam is one California nurse who’s figured out creative ways to stay grounded in these challenging times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her newfound photography habit stands in stark contrast to her working life. Right now, she’s spending a lot of it in a sweaty tent, sticking swabs up people’s noses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So I’m going to put this swab inside your nose for 20 seconds, so put your head back and relax,” she said, gently coaxing a nervous patient during one of her recent shifts testing people for the COVID-19 virus. “You can do this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moghaddam usually works in primary care and cardiology at \u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/medicalcenter/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contra Costa Regional Medical Center\u003c/a> in Martinez. She’s volunteering her time in the testing tent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said when she was a little girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, her mom showed her the importance of putting others first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom was very involved in helping the soldiers, helping everybody,” she said. “So it’s kind of like, in situations like that, you feel like you have to go help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11824241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11824241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Ameneh-in-PPE.jpg\" alt=\"Ameneh Moghaddam dressed in PPE for work as a COVID-19 tester at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1436\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Ameneh-in-PPE.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Ameneh-in-PPE-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Ameneh-in-PPE-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Ameneh-in-PPE-1020x763.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Ameneh-in-PPE-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Ameneh-in-PPE-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moghaddam dressed in PPE for work as a COVID-19 tester at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Ameneh Moghaddam)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She spent her early career helping soldiers who had returned with PTSD from the war in Afghanistan. But dealing with the current pandemic is pushing this resilient professional to her emotional limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whenever I swab and the test comes positive a few days later, something in my heart drops,” she said. “I’m like, ‘uh oh.’ I get scared every time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re just starting to get a sense of the psychological impacts of COVID-19 on health care workers. In a recent \u003ca href=\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32202646/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Journal of the American Medical Association survey\u003c/a> of more than 1,800 nurses and doctors in China, around 44 percent of the respondents said they were suffering from anxiety and 34 percent reported bouts of insomnia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moghaddam has also struggled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I started having these really, really bad nightmares,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her sister-in-law in Iran suggested she write down whatever’s on her mind. So recently, Moghaddam started keeping a journal. Sometimes, she writes about tough encounters with patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Ameneh Moghaddam']‘Whenever I swab and the test comes positive a few days later, something in my heart drops’[/pullquote]“Either I keep them and look at them later, or I just shred them,” she said of the entries. “This way, it’s kind of coming out of your mind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other times, she fills the pages of her journal with other stuff going on in her life, like what she’s up to in the kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cooking makes me very happy,” Moghaddam said. “But it doesn’t make my husband very happy, because I think we both have gained some weight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s taken up baking with a passion during the coronavirus lockdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yesterday I made a strawberry banana cheesecake,” she said. “My son, he likes moist chocolate cakes. So I made that last week. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moghaddam’s college-age son, Kaveh Boostanpour, said when his mom comes home from a hard day at the hospital, she doesn’t lay on the couch or watch TV. She heads straight to the kitchen and starts cooking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a way for her to let go and release all her stress and anxiety, and put it in something that she’s very passionate about and that she’s very good at,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moghaddam routinely brings her homemade dishes to the \u003ca href=\"https://iccnc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California\u003c/a> in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820787\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11820787 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43340_food-delivery-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ameneh Moghaddam routinely brings her homemade dishes to the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California in Oakland. 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Now, he is one of 73 city employees, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821528/in-search-of-20000-covid-19-contact-tracers-california-taps-local-librarians-tax-assessors-city-legal-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">including librarians and paralegals\u003c/a>, who have been trained as contact tracers to notify people when they’ve been exposed to the coronavirus and ask them to stay home for two weeks to prevent further spread. The city has focused on recruiting people who speak multiple languages in an effort to reach communities of color that have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1964099/first-my-sister-then-her-husband-then-my-niece-latinos-hit-hard-by-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hardest hit\u003c/a> by the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://data.sfgov.org/stories/s/w6za-6st8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nearly half the people\u003c/a> who have died from COVID-19 in San Francisco are Asian American. Statewide, Latinos account for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Race-Ethnicity.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">54% of coronavirus infections\u003c/a> even though they make up 39% of the population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“COVID is a disease that has disproportionately affected certain racial and economic constituencies within our society, and we wanted contact tracers that represent those groups,” said Mike Reid, an infectious disease physician at UCSF who is leading a program to train \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821528/in-search-of-20000-covid-19-contact-tracers-california-taps-local-librarians-tax-assessors-city-legal-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20,000 new contact tracers\u003c/a> across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early on, Chan noticed the potential for some things to get lost in translation. The main work of contact tracers is to inform people when they need to quarantine or isolate themselves to stop the chain of transmission of the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in Cantonese, the words for quarantine and isolation, are the same word: “Gaak-lei,” which roughly means “separating from others,” Chan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Coverage\" tag=\"coronavirus\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quarantine is for people who’ve been in close contact with someone who’s sick and are asked to stay home in case they develop symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isolation is for those who know they’re sick and have to isolate themselves in a separate room within their home to protect their family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan describes himself as very detail oriented – he normally spends his days in the tax assessor’s office carefully reviewing spreadsheets – and he wanted to get this right. So he called his colleague, Vivian Po, who also speaks Cantonese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They decided every time they translated each word, they would give the definition, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re very used to explaining tax code to taxpayers, so our tendency is to go specific,” she said, “to make sure not just to say the terms, but also explain what they are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to find contact tracers who have not only language skills, but who understand cultural customs, says Jon Jacobo with the Latino Task Force for COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take the common polite response among Latinos when you ask, “How are you, do you need anything?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first answer is always, ‘Oh, no, no, I’m good. I don’t need anything,’ ” Jacobo says. “But if you pry a little more, you get the real answer, which is, ‘You know, actually, maybe.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is important, he adds, because people may need help getting groceries or medications in order to stay home, or they may need to stay in one of the city-funded hotel rooms if they live in close quarters and can’t adequately isolate themselves from family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more we can have people that know these sensitivities and can connect with people, the more we’re going to get accurate information and accurate data, which helps all of us, because then we can truly begin to track down and mitigate the spread of COVID,” Jacobo says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='left' citation=\"Jon Jacobo, Latino Task Force for COVID-19\"]‘The more we can have people that know these sensitivities and can connect with people, the more we’re going to get accurate information and accurate data, which helps all of us, because then we can truly begin to track down and mitigate the spread of COVID.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is running public service announcements in English and Spanish that emphasize help is available for people who test positive and anyone they’ve been in close contact with. This is a first step toward getting people to answer the phone when contact tracers call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the calls Jazmin Flores makes are to people who only speak Spanish. Flores is usually an administrative assistant at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, but she began training and working as a contact tracer after shelter-in-place orders took effect and she was furloughed. She has a lot of experience working at the front desk, with people barging into City Hall who are upset, desperate for help or just lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You just never know who’s going to walk in the door, and it’s your job to get information and pacify them, whether they’re supposed to be there or not,” Flores says in her slow, soothing voice. “I’m really happy to have those tools to help me in this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people she’s called have been worried about revealing their immigration status and get nervous when she asks things like, “Who’s living with you? 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Havard Early Education School in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was the first two days of COVID-19 testing in San Francisco’s District 10 — which includes parts of the Bayview-Hunters Point and Visitacion Valley neighborhoods — the result of weeks of coordination between community advocates, UCSF doctors and city agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work follows last month’s\u003ca href=\"https://unitedinhealth.org/\"> United in Health\u003c/a> initiative to\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11813126/a-world-apart-ucsf-offers-free-mass-coronavirus-testing-to-residents-in-bolinas-and-sfs-mission-district\"> test every resident of the Mission District\u003c/a>, part of an effort to better understand how the virus spreads in some of San Francisco’s most vulnerable communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no one involved in the new testing program anticipated it would launch in the middle of nationwide protests against police violence following the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by Minneapolis police on May 25, 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Michelle Pierce, executive director of Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates\"]‘This is how we’re going to get a handle on just how deep the virus is in our community.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Resources are being really challenged,” said Monique LeSarre, executive director of the Rafiki Coalition for Health and Wellness. “What COVID-19 has brought to the community is that we are already pressed. And now we’re really pressed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the unrest, at least 850 people in the neighborhood turned out over the weekend to get tested. UCSF conducted both viral and antibody tests, working with the San Francisco Department of Public Health and other city agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is how we’re going to get a handle on just how deep the virus is in our community,” said Michelle Pierce, executive director of Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates, who helped organize the initiative. “And this is how we are going to slow and hopefully stop its progression completely throughout our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Testing continues Monday and Tuesday at Herz Playground in Visitacion Valley. Additional testing will also be available for unhoused residents of District 10, as well as the people who assist them. The project is hoping to test a total of about 5,000 neighborhood residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District 10, home to San Francisco’s largest African American population, is among the lowest-income district’s in the city. It also has some of the\u003ca href=\"https://data.sfgov.org/stories/s/bj8f-r6sy\"> highest reported rates\u003c/a> of COVID-19 citywide, in addition to\u003ca href=\"https://sfenvironment.org/sites/default/files/fliers/files/sfe_ej_sfhh_community_health_status_assessment.pdf\"> disproportionately higher rates\u003c/a> of hospitalizations due to asthma, heart disease, diabetes and breast cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Disparities are not new,” said Dr. Kim Rhoads, professor of epidemiology and director of the Office of Community Engagement at UCSF, who helped implement the Bayview testing effort. “Coronavirus has really ripped the lid off of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rhoads said she thinks this kind of partnership with community organizations is vital to solving some of the biggest public health crises, including cancer, diabetes, asthma — and now, COVID-19. Too often, she says, medical institutions come up with solutions on their own that fall short of meeting the needs of specific communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s rare that we ask the community, how should we do this?” Rhoads said. “We’ve been doing work on the cancer side for decades. And some of the disparities in terms of survival have gotten worse. It means we’re missing the mark in terms of our intervention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added, “If we apply this kind of approach to other types of diseases we’re going to get different outcomes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The testing program in District 10 has focused on developing new ways that medical institutions can work with disenfranchised communities — one rooted in asking advocates for input and working with community organizers, like Pierce and LeSarre, to build trust and buy-in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pierce says that kind of engagement and outreach is essential for coronavirus testing to be successful in her community, which she says lacks trust in medical institutions and health experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s talk about stuff like medical experimentation during slavery and the Tuskegee syphilis studies and Henrietta Lacks,” Pierce said. That history of racial exploitation influences and shapes how her community interacts with medical institutions, she says, and results in a lack of trust and hesitation to go out, get tested and interact with bureaucracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"coronavirus-testing\"]“It’s a very fraught, very interesting relationship,” Pierce said. To overcome that, “you need community in the lead,” she added. “You need to have them driving the process and you need to stop and listen to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rhoads turned to Pierce and LeSarre for input about where to locate the testing sites and which groups of residents to reach out to. Collectively, they picked the site in Bayview and one in Visitacion Valley, and opened up test screening to anyone who “works, stays, plays or prays” in the area. Pierce and LeSarre have also coordinated dozens of volunteers across the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Margot Kushel, a UCSF professor who is coordinating next week’s effort to test unhoused residents in the district, says doing this work against the backdrop of mass protests underscores why it matters now more than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen that the toll of racism plays out in the incredibly disproportionate burden of COVID in black communities, Latinx communities and other communities of color in this country,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UCSF said it expects to return viral testing results in a matter of days, with those who test positive given the resources needed to self-isolate. The team plans to conduct extensive contact tracing efforts, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no perfect solution for stuff like homelessness or international pandemics,” Pierce, of Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates, said. “These are really complicated issues. It takes complex, very flexible relationships in order to solve them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>To volunteer or learn more about next weekend’s United in Health Unhoused Initiative, \u003ca href=\"https://www.unitedinhealthunhoused.org/\">click here\u003c/a>\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>It’s been around two months of quarantine for many of us. The urge to get out and enjoy the summer is real. But what’s safe? We asked a panel of infectious disease and public health experts to rate the risk of summer activities, from backyard gatherings, to a day at the pool, to sharing a vacation house with another household.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>One big warning:\u003c/strong> Your personal risk depends on your age and health, the prevalence of the virus in your area, and the precautions you take during any of these activities. Also, many areas continue to restrict the activities described here, so check your local laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there’s no such thing as a zero-risk outing right now. As states begin allowing businesses and public areas to reopen, decisions about what’s safe will be up to individuals. It can help to think through the risks the way the experts do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can think of transmission risk with a simple phrase: time, space, people, place,” explains \u003ca href=\"https://cph.osu.edu/people/wmiller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. William Miller,\u003c/a> an epidemiologist at Ohio State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s his rule of thumb: The more time you spend and the closer in space you are to any infected people, the higher your risk. Interacting with more people raises your risk, and indoor places are riskier than outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/emily-landon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Emily Landon\u003c/a>, hospital epidemiologist and infectious diseases specialist at University of Chicago Medicine, has her own shorthand: “Always choose outdoors over indoor, always choose masking over or not masking, and always choose more space for fewer people over a smaller space.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts shared their thoughts via phone and email interviews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820545\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820545\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS42458_003_KQED_SanFrancisco_GGP_03302020-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS42458_003_KQED_SanFrancisco_GGP_03302020-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS42458_003_KQED_SanFrancisco_GGP_03302020-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS42458_003_KQED_SanFrancisco_GGP_03302020-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS42458_003_KQED_SanFrancisco_GGP_03302020-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bicyclist goes past the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on March 30, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>1. A BYOB backyard gathering with one other household: Low to medium risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Meeting in a spacious outdoor area with only a small group isn’t too risky. But our experts say that safety here depends on who you invite and what their behaviors have been. “If you have a gathering with one other household that [has] followed social distancing, this would be a low-risk activity,” says \u003ca href=\"https://www.ohsu.edu/providers/judith-a-guzman-cottrill-do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Judith Guzman-Cottrill\u003c/a>, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Oregon Health & Science University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> To lower risk, avoid sharing food, drinks or utensils — make it a BYO everything party. \u003ca href=\"https://pediatrics.wustl.edu/Faculty/Janowski_A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Andrew Janowski\u003c/a>, a pediatric infectious diseases expert at Washington University in St. Louis, notes the food itself isn’t the risk, but touching shared dishes or utensils could be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch out for drinking, says \u003ca href=\"https://scholar.harvard.edu/abraarkaran/bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Abraar Karan\u003c/a>, a physician and public health researcher at Harvard Medical School, as it can make people sloppy about social distancing. It also increases the odds that people will want to use your bathroom. “Once you move into the house with others, the risk profile goes up,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some experts suggest wearing a face covering, but Landon points out that you can’t realistically stay masked while eating and drinking. She suggests an alternative to a meal would be a backyard lawn tournament: That way, “the kids can play together, but still with their masks on.” It could be fun for the grownups too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820546\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820546\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS41668_004_KQED_ThreeBabesBakeshop_02282020_4489-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS41668_004_KQED_ThreeBabesBakeshop_02282020_4489-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS41668_004_KQED_ThreeBabesBakeshop_02282020_4489-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS41668_004_KQED_ThreeBabesBakeshop_02282020_4489-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS41668_004_KQED_ThreeBabesBakeshop_02282020_4489-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baker Zoe Williams boxes pies at Three Babes Bakeshop in San Francisco on Feb. 28, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>2: Eating indoors at a restaurant: Medium to high risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Indoor dining “is still amongst the riskier things you can do,” Landon warns. The trouble is, says Miller, “people tend to linger in restaurants. So even if spacing is okay, the duration of exposure is longer.” Also, he says, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/04/06/827954898/is-covid-19-spread-by-talking-that-and-other-questions-are-answered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">talking\u003c/a> “appears to lead to some release of the virus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karan notes that one outbreak in Guangzhou, China took place in a restaurant with no windows and poor ventilation, and the air conditioning appears to have blown droplets between tables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Janowski says the risk level depends on how well the restaurant has adapted for the pandemic. Eateries should reduce and space out seating, require servers to wear masks, and offer easy access to hand-washing stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They should also provide single-use options for condiments so you don’t have to touch shared ones, says Janowski. And they should close all self-serve areas like soda fountains or buffet tables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do go to a restaurant, look for outdoor seating. Landon says she would only go with members of her household, because “I don’t want to have to take my mask off in the close proximity of a bunch of other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820548\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820548\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stanford Memorial Church on the Main Quad at Stanford. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>3. Attending a religious service indoors: High risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Worship services involve people from different households coming together indoors, for an extended time. “All of the ingredients are there for the potential for a lot of people becoming infected in the short amount of time,” says \u003ca href=\"https://sph.unc.edu/adv_profile/kimberly-powers-phd/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kimberly Powers\u003c/a>, an epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She points to outbreaks linked to churches: In one, 35 out of 92 people who attended a service at a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6920e2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rural Arkansas church\u003c/a> developed COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Singing — whether from the pews or the choir — is high risk, several experts noted, citing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6919e6.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study of a choir practice\u003c/a> in Washington state where over half of attendees became infected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk:\u003c/strong> If people are appropriately socially distanced, wear masks and avoid singing, it may reduce the risk, Karan says. Also avoid any shared worship items like hymnals, Janowski adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Risk goes down if places of worship adapt, Guzman-Cottrill says. “My parish began having in-person services last week,” she says. The church had advance sign-ups to limit attendance to 25 people. Attendees were required to be healthy, wear face coverings and sit at least six feet apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>4. Spending the day at a popular beach or pool: Low risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As long as you can stay socially distanced, this could be a pretty safe activity, our experts say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water itself is not a risk. “The sheer volume of water will dilute out the virus, making the water a highly unlikely source of infection,” says Janowski.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> The key question is how close are you to others? “Can you ensure that you can stay six feet [or more] from anyone outside of your designated family?” asks Rebecca Katz, director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University Medical Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch out for crowds at entry points and bathrooms. Maintain social distance both on land and in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Landon says her biggest worry about pools and beaches is kids. At pools, “they make friends with everyone,” she says. “If you want to be able to see grandma for Sunday lunch, because that’s what’s really important to your family, then you don’t want your kids running around with other people’s kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says a beach is better than a pool in terms of space. Go early in the morning or late afternoon when crowds are lower, and look for beaches that mark off spots for people to set up their areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>5. An outdoor celebration such as a wedding with more than 10 guests: Medium to high risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Family-oriented celebrations are usually a summer tradition, but they come with a lot of risk right now. Many weddings have been postponed, and with good reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Outdoors reduces the risk, but as people are celebrating and drinking, it seems like they may not social distance as readily,” says Abraar Karan, the Harvard physician. “These types of events end up being large crowds where people are having extended face to face conversations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The larger the guest list, the greater the potential that one of them is infected, says Kimberly Powers, the UNC epidemiologist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are considering hosting a celebration, make it a small one, with mostly local guests. “Bringing people from other communities,” is high risk, says Landon at the University of Chicago. “If people have to travel by car, by plane from other places, you’re really asking for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And really think twice about inviting your relatives, particularly older family members or those with underlying conditions. People may feel pressure to attend, even though it’s hazardous to their health — and even more so if you emphasize that you’re going to try to make it safe, says Landon. One of the largest clusters of deaths from the virus in Chicago occurred after a funeral in which one of the attendees spread it to many of his family members.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>6. Using a public restroom: Low to medium risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Restrooms have been designed to prevent disease transmission, says Landon: “There are all sorts of things that you can catch from other people’s poop, and you almost never do because they’re set up with all hard surfaces that can be cleaned.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The risk depends on the number of local COVID-19 cases and how clean the bathroom is, says Janowski at Washington University, noting that a bathroom involves multiple high-touch surfaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There isn’t yet sufficient data to know if there’s risk from toilet flushes aerosolizing the virus. Landon says that other viruses, like norovirus, can be aerosolized by flushing, but norovirus doesn’t often spread that way as long as bathrooms are cleaned. The CDC says it’s “unclear whether the virus found in feces may be capable of causing COVID-19.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Miller says the main risk comes from restrooms that are small, busy, and poorly ventilated — like “those restrooms in a gas station off the highway where the restroom is outside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choose a bathroom that looks clean and is well stocked with supplies like paper towels, soap and toilet paper. Avoid bunching up in a line to use the toilet or staying there long, if you’re within six feet of others. Wash your hands after you go, and sanitize them if you need to touch any surfaces after that.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>7. Letting a friend use your bathroom: Low risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Landon doesn’t think it’s a big risk: “What happens in the bathroom is going to be sucked out of the bathroom ventilation and you can clean all the hard surfaces really easily.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller agrees: “You can run the fan, leave the door open after (so air flows), and clean the bathroom later. And if you use the bathroom after they do, just wash your hands.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> It’s possible that your friend is infected but asymptomatic, says Janowski. “It would be reasonable to decontaminate the bathroom after a friend uses it, including cleaning the high touch surfaces of the door, toilet, and sink.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>8. Going to a vacation house with another family: Low risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Experts said that if both families have been quarantining and limiting their exposure to others, this is pretty safe. “If one family is very active or parents have higher exposure jobs, then the risk increases,” Miller says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Landon thinks this arrangement could be a good idea, especially if the house is “in the woods where you’re not going to have a lot of contact with other people,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Landon suggests talking with the other family beforehand, to make sure you share the same expectations for the precautions everyone will take in the two weeks before arrival and while you’re there. Ensure that no one has signs of illness — if they do, they need to stay home. Miller recommends cleaning the major surfaces in the house on arrival. “And the more that people can reduce exposure in the days leading up to the trip, the better,” he adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>9. Staying at a hotel: Low to medium risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The consensus is that staying at a hotel is relatively low risk, especially once you’re in your room. It’s best to limit your time in the common areas such as the lobby, gym, restaurant and the elevator, where the risk of exposure is higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Bring disinfecting wipes to wipe down the TV remote and other common surfaces. You might also want to remove the bedspread since it may not be cleaned after every guest, suggests Miller. Ask about the hotel’s cleaning policies, as many have new COVID-19 protocols. “Beware of the elevators! Use the knuckle of your little or ring finger to press the buttons,” says Miller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other suggestions: Order room service rather than eating at the restaurant, avoid the exercise room, and wear a face covering in public spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820549\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820549\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS40559_IMG_6150-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS40559_IMG_6150-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS40559_IMG_6150-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS40559_IMG_6150-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS40559_IMG_6150-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernie’s Barber Shop in downtown Tulare, California. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>10. Getting a haircut: Medium to high risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A haircut involves “close contact and breathing, that is extended for several minutes,” Karan notes. “This is the primary mode of transmission that we know happens. And cloth masks certainly are not perfect for this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Janowski says this is one of the highest-risk scenarios on this list, because there’s no way to keep six feet from someone cutting your hair. “All it takes is [having] one asymptomatic but infected worker and suddenly many customers are at high risk of infection,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Landon believes the risk is not terribly high if both you and your haircutter wear masks, and COVID-19 is not very prevalent in your area. Look for a salon or barbershop that has (and enforces) policies to protect its employees, like wearing protective gear and sanitizing hands, she says: “By protecting their employees, they’re protecting you, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And make sure that your barber or stylist is all business, says Karan: “Stopping to chat at close distance like this is something we all love doing with our barbers normally. This is not the time for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>11. Going shopping at a mall: Risk varies\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>How risky this is depends on what kind of mall it is, how crowded it is, and how much time you spend there, our panel agreed. “Crowds with high density lead to substantial increase in risk,” says Miller. “The major mitigating factor is that people don’t mingle in a single place for long.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Outdoor malls are preferable to indoor ones. And empty malls are better than crowded ones. Avoid the food court and go with purpose, not leisure, says Landon: “As much as you may like retail therapy, you should browse online before you go. Know what you’re going to pick up or try on. Wear your mask. Go in, look at it. Make your decision and get out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be alert while you’re there to avoid close contact. “Maintain your space,” says Miller. “Try to go at off peak hours.” Bring hand sanitizer, says Guzman-Cottrill, and use it frequently, especially if you touch any shared surfaces like handrails or elevator buttons.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>12. Going to a nightclub: High risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There is consensus among the experts that going to a club is a very high-risk activity. Crowds, ultra-close contact, singing, sweating, and inhibition-loosening alcohol are a potent cocktail of risk factors. When drinking, people become less compliant with rules, Miller says, and they may breathe heavier from the dancing — “which means more virus is being shed,” he says. If there’s an infected person in the mix, the virus can spread easily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a very high risk situation for an outbreak, as we saw in South Korea just recently,” says Abraar Karan, referring to an outbreak tied to several nightclubs and bars. “Don’t go to bars or clubs right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Nothing makes this a good idea right now. If you want to dance, have a dance party at home with the people in your intimate circle. If it’s a small outdoor gathering, dancing under the stars — six feet apart — would be much less risky, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>13. Going camping: Low risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“As far as summer activities go, this is least risky from a virus perspective,” says Rebecca Katz of Georgetown. You’re outdoors and isolated. Miller agrees. But, he says if you’re going with a group, be sure you can trust your fellow campers. Have they been social-distancing and following the guidelines? If not, they could be asymptomatic spreaders of the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Of course, risks can creep in, depending on the particulars. “Are you camping in an isolated outdoor location with your family?” Katz asks — this is the lower risk scenario. It’s more dangerous if you’re at a crowded campground with a shared restroom and communal picnic areas, she says. “Sleeping in tents together with others [not in your household] can certainly be a setup for transmission,” adds Karan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bottom line: The activity itself is low-risk, but the people that you’ll be in close contact with during the trip could increase the hazard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820547\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820547\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43248_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_GoldenGateCrossfit_05192020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43248_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_GoldenGateCrossfit_05192020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43248_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_GoldenGateCrossfit_05192020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43248_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_GoldenGateCrossfit_05192020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43248_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_GoldenGateCrossfit_05192020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danielle Rabkin, owner of Golden Gate Crossfit on Sutter Street in San Francisco, on May 19, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>14. Exercising outdoors: Low risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Unless you’re playing group sports, exercising outdoors is a good way to burn off steam while staying socially distant. Our experts agree that sports such as golf and tennis are safer than contact sports such as basketball and football. “I would personally avoid contact sports until we have a better sense of transmission risk here,” Karan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And running? “If you’re not on a crowded path where people are brushing past each other, then I think that’s a great form of exercise right now,” says Powers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> The more people involved in the activity, the higher the risk. It’s possible to spread the virus when you’re in close proximity to others — even if you’re asymptomatic — so it’s best to wear a mask if you can’t stay socially-distanced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The risk depends on the sport. A game like basketball is tricky, Landon says. “You’re touching the ball and you’re going to be breathing in each other’s faces,” so she suggests playing only with people in your household. Tennis carries a much lower risk: “You’re far apart on either side. That’s definite social distancing,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/emily-landon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Emily Landon\u003c/a>, hospital epidemiologist and infectious diseases specialist at University of Chicago Medicine, has her own shorthand: “Always choose outdoors over indoor, always choose masking over or not masking, and always choose more space for fewer people over a smaller space.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts shared their thoughts via phone and email interviews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820545\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820545\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS42458_003_KQED_SanFrancisco_GGP_03302020-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS42458_003_KQED_SanFrancisco_GGP_03302020-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS42458_003_KQED_SanFrancisco_GGP_03302020-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS42458_003_KQED_SanFrancisco_GGP_03302020-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS42458_003_KQED_SanFrancisco_GGP_03302020-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bicyclist goes past the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on March 30, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>1. A BYOB backyard gathering with one other household: Low to medium risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Meeting in a spacious outdoor area with only a small group isn’t too risky. But our experts say that safety here depends on who you invite and what their behaviors have been. “If you have a gathering with one other household that [has] followed social distancing, this would be a low-risk activity,” says \u003ca href=\"https://www.ohsu.edu/providers/judith-a-guzman-cottrill-do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Judith Guzman-Cottrill\u003c/a>, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Oregon Health & Science University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> To lower risk, avoid sharing food, drinks or utensils — make it a BYO everything party. \u003ca href=\"https://pediatrics.wustl.edu/Faculty/Janowski_A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Andrew Janowski\u003c/a>, a pediatric infectious diseases expert at Washington University in St. Louis, notes the food itself isn’t the risk, but touching shared dishes or utensils could be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch out for drinking, says \u003ca href=\"https://scholar.harvard.edu/abraarkaran/bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Abraar Karan\u003c/a>, a physician and public health researcher at Harvard Medical School, as it can make people sloppy about social distancing. It also increases the odds that people will want to use your bathroom. “Once you move into the house with others, the risk profile goes up,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some experts suggest wearing a face covering, but Landon points out that you can’t realistically stay masked while eating and drinking. She suggests an alternative to a meal would be a backyard lawn tournament: That way, “the kids can play together, but still with their masks on.” It could be fun for the grownups too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820546\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820546\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS41668_004_KQED_ThreeBabesBakeshop_02282020_4489-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS41668_004_KQED_ThreeBabesBakeshop_02282020_4489-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS41668_004_KQED_ThreeBabesBakeshop_02282020_4489-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS41668_004_KQED_ThreeBabesBakeshop_02282020_4489-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS41668_004_KQED_ThreeBabesBakeshop_02282020_4489-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baker Zoe Williams boxes pies at Three Babes Bakeshop in San Francisco on Feb. 28, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>2: Eating indoors at a restaurant: Medium to high risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Indoor dining “is still amongst the riskier things you can do,” Landon warns. The trouble is, says Miller, “people tend to linger in restaurants. So even if spacing is okay, the duration of exposure is longer.” Also, he says, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/04/06/827954898/is-covid-19-spread-by-talking-that-and-other-questions-are-answered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">talking\u003c/a> “appears to lead to some release of the virus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karan notes that one outbreak in Guangzhou, China took place in a restaurant with no windows and poor ventilation, and the air conditioning appears to have blown droplets between tables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Janowski says the risk level depends on how well the restaurant has adapted for the pandemic. Eateries should reduce and space out seating, require servers to wear masks, and offer easy access to hand-washing stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They should also provide single-use options for condiments so you don’t have to touch shared ones, says Janowski. And they should close all self-serve areas like soda fountains or buffet tables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do go to a restaurant, look for outdoor seating. Landon says she would only go with members of her household, because “I don’t want to have to take my mask off in the close proximity of a bunch of other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820548\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820548\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS36461_IMG_8786-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stanford Memorial Church on the Main Quad at Stanford. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>3. Attending a religious service indoors: High risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Worship services involve people from different households coming together indoors, for an extended time. “All of the ingredients are there for the potential for a lot of people becoming infected in the short amount of time,” says \u003ca href=\"https://sph.unc.edu/adv_profile/kimberly-powers-phd/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kimberly Powers\u003c/a>, an epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She points to outbreaks linked to churches: In one, 35 out of 92 people who attended a service at a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6920e2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rural Arkansas church\u003c/a> developed COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Singing — whether from the pews or the choir — is high risk, several experts noted, citing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6919e6.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study of a choir practice\u003c/a> in Washington state where over half of attendees became infected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk:\u003c/strong> If people are appropriately socially distanced, wear masks and avoid singing, it may reduce the risk, Karan says. Also avoid any shared worship items like hymnals, Janowski adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Risk goes down if places of worship adapt, Guzman-Cottrill says. “My parish began having in-person services last week,” she says. The church had advance sign-ups to limit attendance to 25 people. Attendees were required to be healthy, wear face coverings and sit at least six feet apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>4. Spending the day at a popular beach or pool: Low risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As long as you can stay socially distanced, this could be a pretty safe activity, our experts say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water itself is not a risk. “The sheer volume of water will dilute out the virus, making the water a highly unlikely source of infection,” says Janowski.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> The key question is how close are you to others? “Can you ensure that you can stay six feet [or more] from anyone outside of your designated family?” asks Rebecca Katz, director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University Medical Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch out for crowds at entry points and bathrooms. Maintain social distance both on land and in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Landon says her biggest worry about pools and beaches is kids. At pools, “they make friends with everyone,” she says. “If you want to be able to see grandma for Sunday lunch, because that’s what’s really important to your family, then you don’t want your kids running around with other people’s kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says a beach is better than a pool in terms of space. Go early in the morning or late afternoon when crowds are lower, and look for beaches that mark off spots for people to set up their areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>5. An outdoor celebration such as a wedding with more than 10 guests: Medium to high risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Family-oriented celebrations are usually a summer tradition, but they come with a lot of risk right now. Many weddings have been postponed, and with good reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Outdoors reduces the risk, but as people are celebrating and drinking, it seems like they may not social distance as readily,” says Abraar Karan, the Harvard physician. “These types of events end up being large crowds where people are having extended face to face conversations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The larger the guest list, the greater the potential that one of them is infected, says Kimberly Powers, the UNC epidemiologist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are considering hosting a celebration, make it a small one, with mostly local guests. “Bringing people from other communities,” is high risk, says Landon at the University of Chicago. “If people have to travel by car, by plane from other places, you’re really asking for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And really think twice about inviting your relatives, particularly older family members or those with underlying conditions. People may feel pressure to attend, even though it’s hazardous to their health — and even more so if you emphasize that you’re going to try to make it safe, says Landon. One of the largest clusters of deaths from the virus in Chicago occurred after a funeral in which one of the attendees spread it to many of his family members.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>6. Using a public restroom: Low to medium risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Restrooms have been designed to prevent disease transmission, says Landon: “There are all sorts of things that you can catch from other people’s poop, and you almost never do because they’re set up with all hard surfaces that can be cleaned.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The risk depends on the number of local COVID-19 cases and how clean the bathroom is, says Janowski at Washington University, noting that a bathroom involves multiple high-touch surfaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There isn’t yet sufficient data to know if there’s risk from toilet flushes aerosolizing the virus. Landon says that other viruses, like norovirus, can be aerosolized by flushing, but norovirus doesn’t often spread that way as long as bathrooms are cleaned. The CDC says it’s “unclear whether the virus found in feces may be capable of causing COVID-19.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Miller says the main risk comes from restrooms that are small, busy, and poorly ventilated — like “those restrooms in a gas station off the highway where the restroom is outside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choose a bathroom that looks clean and is well stocked with supplies like paper towels, soap and toilet paper. Avoid bunching up in a line to use the toilet or staying there long, if you’re within six feet of others. Wash your hands after you go, and sanitize them if you need to touch any surfaces after that.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>7. Letting a friend use your bathroom: Low risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Landon doesn’t think it’s a big risk: “What happens in the bathroom is going to be sucked out of the bathroom ventilation and you can clean all the hard surfaces really easily.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller agrees: “You can run the fan, leave the door open after (so air flows), and clean the bathroom later. And if you use the bathroom after they do, just wash your hands.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> It’s possible that your friend is infected but asymptomatic, says Janowski. “It would be reasonable to decontaminate the bathroom after a friend uses it, including cleaning the high touch surfaces of the door, toilet, and sink.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>8. Going to a vacation house with another family: Low risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Experts said that if both families have been quarantining and limiting their exposure to others, this is pretty safe. “If one family is very active or parents have higher exposure jobs, then the risk increases,” Miller says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Landon thinks this arrangement could be a good idea, especially if the house is “in the woods where you’re not going to have a lot of contact with other people,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Landon suggests talking with the other family beforehand, to make sure you share the same expectations for the precautions everyone will take in the two weeks before arrival and while you’re there. Ensure that no one has signs of illness — if they do, they need to stay home. Miller recommends cleaning the major surfaces in the house on arrival. “And the more that people can reduce exposure in the days leading up to the trip, the better,” he adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>9. Staying at a hotel: Low to medium risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The consensus is that staying at a hotel is relatively low risk, especially once you’re in your room. It’s best to limit your time in the common areas such as the lobby, gym, restaurant and the elevator, where the risk of exposure is higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Bring disinfecting wipes to wipe down the TV remote and other common surfaces. You might also want to remove the bedspread since it may not be cleaned after every guest, suggests Miller. Ask about the hotel’s cleaning policies, as many have new COVID-19 protocols. “Beware of the elevators! Use the knuckle of your little or ring finger to press the buttons,” says Miller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other suggestions: Order room service rather than eating at the restaurant, avoid the exercise room, and wear a face covering in public spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820549\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820549\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS40559_IMG_6150-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS40559_IMG_6150-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS40559_IMG_6150-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS40559_IMG_6150-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS40559_IMG_6150-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernie’s Barber Shop in downtown Tulare, California. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>10. Getting a haircut: Medium to high risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A haircut involves “close contact and breathing, that is extended for several minutes,” Karan notes. “This is the primary mode of transmission that we know happens. And cloth masks certainly are not perfect for this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Janowski says this is one of the highest-risk scenarios on this list, because there’s no way to keep six feet from someone cutting your hair. “All it takes is [having] one asymptomatic but infected worker and suddenly many customers are at high risk of infection,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Landon believes the risk is not terribly high if both you and your haircutter wear masks, and COVID-19 is not very prevalent in your area. Look for a salon or barbershop that has (and enforces) policies to protect its employees, like wearing protective gear and sanitizing hands, she says: “By protecting their employees, they’re protecting you, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And make sure that your barber or stylist is all business, says Karan: “Stopping to chat at close distance like this is something we all love doing with our barbers normally. This is not the time for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>11. Going shopping at a mall: Risk varies\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>How risky this is depends on what kind of mall it is, how crowded it is, and how much time you spend there, our panel agreed. “Crowds with high density lead to substantial increase in risk,” says Miller. “The major mitigating factor is that people don’t mingle in a single place for long.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Outdoor malls are preferable to indoor ones. And empty malls are better than crowded ones. Avoid the food court and go with purpose, not leisure, says Landon: “As much as you may like retail therapy, you should browse online before you go. Know what you’re going to pick up or try on. Wear your mask. Go in, look at it. Make your decision and get out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be alert while you’re there to avoid close contact. “Maintain your space,” says Miller. “Try to go at off peak hours.” Bring hand sanitizer, says Guzman-Cottrill, and use it frequently, especially if you touch any shared surfaces like handrails or elevator buttons.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>12. Going to a nightclub: High risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There is consensus among the experts that going to a club is a very high-risk activity. Crowds, ultra-close contact, singing, sweating, and inhibition-loosening alcohol are a potent cocktail of risk factors. When drinking, people become less compliant with rules, Miller says, and they may breathe heavier from the dancing — “which means more virus is being shed,” he says. If there’s an infected person in the mix, the virus can spread easily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a very high risk situation for an outbreak, as we saw in South Korea just recently,” says Abraar Karan, referring to an outbreak tied to several nightclubs and bars. “Don’t go to bars or clubs right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Nothing makes this a good idea right now. If you want to dance, have a dance party at home with the people in your intimate circle. If it’s a small outdoor gathering, dancing under the stars — six feet apart — would be much less risky, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>13. Going camping: Low risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“As far as summer activities go, this is least risky from a virus perspective,” says Rebecca Katz of Georgetown. You’re outdoors and isolated. Miller agrees. But, he says if you’re going with a group, be sure you can trust your fellow campers. Have they been social-distancing and following the guidelines? If not, they could be asymptomatic spreaders of the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> Of course, risks can creep in, depending on the particulars. “Are you camping in an isolated outdoor location with your family?” Katz asks — this is the lower risk scenario. It’s more dangerous if you’re at a crowded campground with a shared restroom and communal picnic areas, she says. “Sleeping in tents together with others [not in your household] can certainly be a setup for transmission,” adds Karan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bottom line: The activity itself is low-risk, but the people that you’ll be in close contact with during the trip could increase the hazard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820547\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820547\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43248_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_GoldenGateCrossfit_05192020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43248_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_GoldenGateCrossfit_05192020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43248_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_GoldenGateCrossfit_05192020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43248_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_GoldenGateCrossfit_05192020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43248_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_GoldenGateCrossfit_05192020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danielle Rabkin, owner of Golden Gate Crossfit on Sutter Street in San Francisco, on May 19, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>14. Exercising outdoors: Low risk\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Unless you’re playing group sports, exercising outdoors is a good way to burn off steam while staying socially distant. Our experts agree that sports such as golf and tennis are safer than contact sports such as basketball and football. “I would personally avoid contact sports until we have a better sense of transmission risk here,” Karan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And running? “If you’re not on a crowded path where people are brushing past each other, then I think that’s a great form of exercise right now,” says Powers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What alters risk?\u003c/strong> The more people involved in the activity, the higher the risk. It’s possible to spread the virus when you’re in close proximity to others — even if you’re asymptomatic — so it’s best to wear a mask if you can’t stay socially-distanced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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There is really no stand-in for that,” Mckenzie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mckenzie began by moving the large machines needed to produce braille content into his compact car: embosser, inkjet printer, tactile image maker and 3D printer, plus cables and embosser feed paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That first trip back to the office was crazy. 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They’re going to actually create more infections and subsequently more deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Alice Wong, disability rights activist\"]“We’ve learned how to make do with living in a world that’s rather hostile and never designed for us in the first place. There’s a lot of lessons and insight that disabled folks have to share.”[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re still advising high-risk people like myself to just stay at home. I feel like this sets up this very unfair dynamic where the burden of staying safe and healthy falls upon those who are the most marginalized and the most impacted. It’s going to create additional complications, consequences that all of us are going to suffer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On her recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/4/4/21204261/coronavirus-covid-19-disabled-people-disabilities-triage\">Vox essay\u003c/a>, “I’m Disabled and I need a ventilator to live. 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Access to protective gear for anyone that does this kind of work, [including] family caregivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing that’s really distressing to me is the number of workers and people living at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities all over California and nationally that are dying and infected with COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s so troubling to see people so ready to get the economy jump-started and just relaxing everything, while so many people are dying behind closed doors. I don’t understand why there isn’t more outrage over these deaths, because these systems, these institutions are broken. 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I’m talking about multiply-marginalized people, like black, disabled, chronically ill folks. Because we can’t separate the racism and the ableism and classism from this experience. This wasn’t the first crisis that disabled folks faced. This is just one of a long kind of arc. We’ve learned how to make do with living in a world that’s rather hostile and never designed for us in the first place. There’s a lot of lessons and insight that disabled folks have to share.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What it would take to build an inclusive future:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the future could look so different. I think so much of what’s happened during the pandemic and the flaws in the structures and systems we have are basically a failure of imagination. What if we designed ways that people could be integrated into society with the supports and services in place so they have as much autonomy as possible? This kind of work is already happening. By communities of color, queer communities, disabled communities, in the way that we provide \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11806414/coronavirus-how-these-disabled-activists-are-taking-matters-into-their-own-sanitized-hand\">mutual aid\u003c/a> and care for one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s such an opportunity to kind of take these lessons and scale it up so that we really can have people living the lives that they want. I feel like that’s absolutely possible. 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