Why Experts Are Urging Social Distancing to Combat Coronavirus Outbreak [UCSF]

UC San Francisco epidemiologists Jeff Martin, MD, MPH, and George Rutherford, III, MD, explained why these public health measures are being taken and what each of us can do to slow the outbreak and help to save lives. . . .

Above all, keep your distance.


Social distancing now is one of the greatest calls for altruism. People aren’t asked to do this to protect themselves, it’s really to protect those who are most susceptible.

Many people think they have a fever without taking their temperature.  Get a thermometer. Take your temperature.

This is not just a bad flu.

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/03/416906/why-experts-are-urging-social-distancing-combat-coronavirus-outbreak