Individual habit does not guarantee avoiding COVID infection.
But there are steps you can take to mitigate the threat of contracting it if you make a stop where you enjoy the upcoming holiday season.
Dr. Anna Duran, a leading associate physician at UNM Hospital, says she anticipates a buildup in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) “because other people need to see others. “
“Let’s stay home with health problems and well, so we can continue to make a stopover in our family,” Duran said at a news conference Thursday afternoon.
The same can be said for other respiratory illnesses, adding influenza and COVID, which spread the air.
The Los Alamos National Laboratory modeling team predicts an eight-week backlog in COVID cases, which will lead to more hospitalizations and deaths, said New Mexico’s acting fitness secretary, Dr. David Scrase.
Don’t stop by for Thanksgiving dinner if you’re sick, Scrase said.
“Stay in your room and ask them to bring you a plate, and maybe watch football in your room or something, and ask them to bring you a TV, but don’t mix with the rest of your family circle on vacation if I’m sick,” Scrase said.
If you have older family members, they are the ones who will get the most sick with influenza, COVID and RSV,” said Dr. Brown. Laura Parajón, Undersecretary of Health.
“So taking care of our elders, if you’re thinking about making a stopover at us, maybe get an immediate (COVID) checkup that day, before moving on to the scale in your circle of relatives,” Parajón said. “Sure, stay home when you have health problems and get vaccinated if you haven’t already. “
Regardless of your age, even a “mild” COVID infection can lead to a chronic illness known as long-term COVID.
Thanksgiving weekend is the busiest time of the year in the air, Scrase said, and he recommends wearing an N95 mask on an airplane. You deserve to use it at the airport as well, he said.
“Airports and airplanes are places where other people go from all over, and there is a much higher risk of contracting a virus from being in a closed area for a long time, regardless of the air filtration formula at the airport or on the plane. “Said.
You will probably wear an N95 mask anywhere full of people.
If you’re hosting a vacation collection, you also deserve to do anything to purify the air you and your loved ones will share.
In New Mexico, it will be too easy to open the windows to let in new air, however, you can still purify the air by purchasing an air filtration formula or building your own, which can be done for less than $100.
Some communities in New Mexico have been doing this for years.
Make sure the cleaning formula has a MERV-13 rating or higher, which is the score needed to eliminate COVID and other viruses through the air.
by Austin Fisher, Fuente New Mexico November 18, 2022
Individual habit does not guarantee avoiding COVID infection.
But there are steps you can take to mitigate the threat of contracting it if you make a stop where you enjoy the upcoming holiday season.
Dr. Anna Duran, a leading associate physician at UNM Hospital, says she anticipates a buildup in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) “because other people need to see others. “
“Let’s stay home with health problems and well, so we can continue to make a stopover in our family,” Duran said at a news conference Thursday afternoon.
The same can be said for other respiratory illnesses, adding influenza and COVID, which spread the air.
The Los Alamos National Laboratory modeling team predicts an eight-week backlog in COVID cases, which will lead to more hospitalizations and deaths, said New Mexico’s acting fitness secretary, Dr. David Scrase.
Don’t stop by for Thanksgiving dinner if you’re sick, Scrase said.
“Stay in your room and ask them to bring you a plate, and maybe watch football in your room or something, and ask them to bring you a TV, but don’t mix with the rest of your family circle on vacation if I’m sick,” Scrase said.
If you have older family members, they are the ones who will get the most sick with influenza, COVID and RSV,” said Dr. Brown. Laura Parajón, Undersecretary of Health.
“So taking care of our elders, if you’re thinking about making a stopover at us, maybe get an immediate (COVID) checkup that day, before moving on to the scale in your circle of relatives,” Parajón said. “Sure, stay home when you have health problems and get vaccinated if you haven’t already. “
Regardless of your age, even a “mild” COVID infection can lead to a chronic illness known as long-term COVID.
Thanksgiving weekend is the busiest time of the year in the air, Scrase said, and he recommends wearing an N95 mask on an airplane. You deserve to use it at the airport as well, he said.
“Airports and airplanes are places where other people go from all over, and there is a much higher risk of contracting a virus from being in a closed area for a long time, regardless of the air filtration formula at the airport or on the plane. “Said.
You will probably wear an N95 mask anywhere full of people.
If you’re hosting a vacation collection, you also deserve to do anything to purify the air you and your loved ones will share.
In New Mexico, it will be too easy to open the windows to let in new air, however, you can still purify the air by purchasing an air filtration formula or building your own, which can be done for less than $100.
Some communities in New Mexico have been doing this for years.
Make sure the cleaning formula has a MERV-13 rating or higher, which is the score needed to eliminate COVID and other viruses through the air.
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Austin Fisher is a journalist based in Santa Fe. Il has worked for newspapers in New Mexico and his home state of Kansas, adding the Topeka Capital-Journal, Garden City Telegram, Rio Grande SUN and Santa Fe Reporter. Since beginning a full career in journalism in 2015, she has aimed to use journalism to bring unheard voices in public debates about economic inequality, policing, and environmental racism.
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