With the current situation regarding COVID-19 on all our minds, we are all trying to look for ways to stay healthy. Recently the first cases were confirmed in South Carolina. It seems inevitable that it will make it to our area, and with that in mind, we have put together a list of health tips. These are good advice during flu season in general.
Thanks to Warren Marinacco and Mo Garcia for their contributions to this list.
- If you are feeling at all unwell, please stay at home.
- Don’t touch your face. This sounds simple enough, but people consciously or unconsciously touch their face up to 90 times per day.
- Wash your hands correctly and do so many times per day. Correctly means to cup your hands when washing them so that the fingers of one hand clean the palm of the other. Do it for 20 seconds or sing “Happy Birthday” to someone very slowly. Please rinse your hands until all the soap RESIDUE is gone.
- Have a nail brush at home. Those little critters have a way of hiding out under fingernails, especially long ones
- Keep Clorox wipes in the car for use after shopping and especially after using the gas pump. Wipe down the steering wheel.
- Use saline nasal spray at least 3 time a day. A saline solution in your nose creates a hostile environment for bacteria and viruses.
- If you are going on a trip, make sure you have Clorox wipes with you to wipe down tray covers on the plane, etc. and bathroom fixtures, remote control, etc. in hotel rooms.
- If you feel something coming on, suck zinc lozenges as zinc will kill viruses in your throat on contact.
- When playing pickleball, clean the balls prior to each game with a Clorox wipe. Use your own balls where possible.
- Use your own water bottle and fill your bottle using the downspout water dispenser in lieu of drinking from the water fountain tap directly.
- Use the automatic door opener with the hip pad at the side of the wall to avoid unnecessary contact with the gym door handles as we are not the only users of the gym.
Good luck and stay healthy!