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Advice on reducing other risks during Coronavirus?

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24th Mar 2020
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Advice on reducing other risks during Coronavirus?
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James_Miller

Mar 24, 2020

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Don't push yourself too much when you exercise. Hold the railing when you walk downstairs. Get lots of sleep. Don't get intoxicated. Have antibiotic cream in your home.

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Holding the railing when you walk downstairs seems to be a bad idea. If everybody does it, it's a vector for getting infected.

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Yes, if you are in public, but probably not if you are in your home.

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Mar 25, 2020

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I'm not so sure the recommendation for walking over driving holds up. According to the CDC "Per trip, pedestrians are 1.5 times more likely than passenger vehicle occupants to be killed in a car crash."

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[-][anonymous]5y10

https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/prep/#3.4 was probably in the back of my mind when I asked this question, but I just dug it up again. Lots of great tips in there.

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I've seen tons of great, useful advice on reducing coronavirus risk, and prepping for the fallout. What I haven't seen is advice on reducing other day-to-day risks which would be unexpectedly dangerous (due to strained infrastructure, reduced medical capacity, etc) during the current period. Some obvious suggestions might include:

  • If you have to drive, do so more slowly and defensively than usual. Try to walk places (while not looking at your phone) if you can.
  • Don't operate power tools.
  • Don't do anything involving significant heights.
  • Be extra careful cooking (burns) and cleaning (chemicals), and handling things like glasses or knives that might cut you if they slip or break.

What other suggestions do people have?