GIDEON ’ s Dr. Stephen Berger offers up important coronavirus safety tips in Parade.com article

Besides consistent hand washing, self-quarantining, and social distancing, people want to know the best ways to remain healthy and reduce their risk of getting COVID-19.  Parade.com wrote about ‘14 Ways to Stay Safe During the Coronavirus Pandemic’, which included everything from maintaining good support systems to consistent exercise to covering your face and how that can and can’t protect you. GIDEON co-founder Dr. Stephen Berger discussed important information to remember when it comes to wearing face masks. Here’s what was covered in the article: Realize that covering up your face is not an excuse to not social distance. In early April, the CDC made the recommendation that Americans should wear masks and cloth face coverings whenever going out in public. But experts want you to know that this is not a reason to now get together with friends or to forgo the social distancing recommendations of keeping 6-feet away. While face masks can help to reduce the amount of viral respiratory droplets released into an environment, they are not 100% effective at keeping you safe from the coronavirus. “Extremely small particles, including the virus itself, might pass through the spaces that allow air to pass,” Dr. Berger, told Parade. He added that facial coverings do not cover the eyes, which is another channel in which the virus can be transmitted. “And face masks do not protect our hands, clothing, objects that we may be carrying. All of these are exposed to contami...
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