看着媒体上每天报道的加国安省新冠肺炎病例稳步上升,很多人都开始担心起来。
我开电脑店,太太在家做家教,每天我们都要接触不同的华人客户。洗手是经常要做的事,我们也经常给门把手、桌椅及自己的衣服喷杀毒剂。家里也备了口罩,出门买菜办事时带上口罩,看情况是否戴上, 比如:去food basics,Costco,…看见别人都没有戴,那我也不戴。
新冠肺炎传播这段时间,我仍然去教会打羽毛球,我自己觉得打羽毛球会流汗,打球后又要多喝水,这样有助于排毒,运动也可以增强自己的病毒抵抗能力。
与人交谈时,我会避免握手,保持一米以上的距离。
一家人在家吃饭时,用公筷的次数多了,这样会增加家人之间的相互隔离与保护。
特别是我变得讲卫生多了,用手擦鼻涕,用手揩嘴这两种不卫生,不雅观习惯消失了。这是本次新冠肺炎大流行对我最大的促进改变。
想多说的是:如果觉得你的另一半处于危险之中,那这段时间就要避免嘴巴的亲密接触。
我也非常留意媒体及微信群中转发的与新冠肺炎有关的预防信息与知识,这样就能增强自己的预防能力,转贴其中的一个帖子,如下:
Doctor’s advice about coronavirus:
醫生關於新型冠狀病毒的建議:
1. It is pretty large in size (cell is about 400-500nm diameter), so any normal mask (not just the N95 feature) should be able to filter it out. However, when someone who’s infected sneezes in front of you, it will take a great 3 meters (about 10 feet) before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne.
1. 病毒細胞直徑大約400-500納米,任何正常口罩(不一定是N95類型)都可以將病毒細胞過濾出去。當感染者在你面前打噴嚏,病毒細胞會經過橫向距離為3米的拋物線落在地上,之後才會不經過空氣傳播。
2. When the virus drops on metal surface, it will live for at least 12 hours. So remember if you come in contact with any metal surface, wash your hands with soap thoroughly.
2. 當病毒細胞落在金屬表面後會存活12個小時。所以如果你觸碰了金屬表面的話,請記得認真用肥皂或者洗手液洗手。
3. The virus can remain active on fabric for 6-12 hours. Normal laundry detergent should kill the virus. For winter clothing that does not require daily washing, you can put it out under the sun to kill the virus.
3. 病毒在布料上可以存活6到12個小時。普通的洗衣液即可殺死病毒。如果是在衣物無需每天清洗的冬天,將衣服放在太陽下曬一曬可以有助於殺死病毒。
About the symptoms of the pneumonia caused by Coronavirus:
以下是新型冠狀病毒肺炎的癥狀:
1. It will first infect the throat, so the throat will have the dry sore throat feeling which will last for 3 to 4 days
1. 一開始病毒會感染喉嚨,喉嚨會覺得很乾,這種感覺大約持續3-4天。
2. Then the virus will blend into the nasal fluid and drips into the trachea and enter the lungs, causing pneumonia. This process will take 5 to 6 days.
2. 然後病毒會侵入鼻液,再流入氣管,最後進入肺部導致肺炎。這個過程大約持續5-6天。
3. With pneumonia, comes high fever and difficulty in breathing. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. You will feel like you are drowning in water. It’s important to go seek immediate medical attention if you feel like this.
3. 這個肺炎的表現是高燒和呼吸困難。鼻腔堵塞的感覺跟普通感冒不太一樣,你會覺得有一種溺水無法呼吸的感覺。如果發生這種狀況的話請及時就醫。
About prevention: 關於預防:
1. The most common way of getting infected is by touching things in public, so you must wash your hands frequently. The virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 mins, but a lot can happen in those 5-10 mins (you can rub your eyes or pick your nose unwittingly).
1. 通常最有可能感染的方式是在公共場合觸摸了帶有病毒的物體,所以記得勤洗手。病毒在你手上只會存活5-10分鐘,不過即使是短短的5-10分鐘,也要十分警惕(不要用手揉眼睛或者不自覺地摳鼻子)
2. Aside from washing your hands frequently, you can gargle with Betadine Sore Throat Gargle to eliminate or minimize the germs while they are still in your throat (before dripping down to your lungs).
3. 除了勤洗手之外,還可以用漱口水漱口,這樣可以殺死或者減少存留在喉嚨裏的病菌,防止起落入肺部引起肺炎。
Take extra care and drink plenty of water.
請一定多加小心,記得多喝水。
为了防止感染,别人不戴口罩,你才要戴,别人都戴,你可以不戴。