Virus Fears=Abandoned Pets

[Catherine]

Quote:Nobody stops to think that a virus is 0.004 to 0.1 microns, and bacteria are much bigger, so most face masks, except an N95 or N99 face mask would let a virus in! People also seem to forget that for full protection one would also need wrap-around eye goggles! Yet nobody seems to be rushing to buy those.

I have even dealt with someone who is panicking about his pets being dangerous and he is walking around with a scarf over his face. 
That won't stop anything. Those small masks are for protection against dust. They give people a false sense of security. So does the hand sanitizer. They are more likely to expose themselves because they think they are safe. The general population is just being silly about the danger and how to handle it.

It is our health departments that have this under control. We now have three people who are sick in Ontario and they have been isolated. The first patient has even been sent home from the hospital. So far all our cases returned from China with the virus. There has been no spread to anyone else.

I imagine your health departments are on alert like ours. If someone is a suspected case they are isolated. They have a test for the virus so they can be sure fairly quickly. This is actually under control in our countries. Declaring the virus a global health emergency makes it easier for health departments to react the way they need too. It also makes it easier to ban air travel from some areas until this is under control.

The one thing we don't need to do is blame our pets.