<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Everyone,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Since COVID-19 (coronavirus) is undoubtedly spreading wild through the US, I made a couple PowerPoint slides covering the scientifically-backed best practices for your students, in case you want to share. Most “information” online and on popular news outlets is poor if not downright wrong.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Feel free to use these slides if you want.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To save space, I didn’t point out a few other facts that you may wish to mention.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* Most people will experience COVID-19 with mild cold or flu symptoms, including coughing, sneezing, potentially a fever, and maybe aches and pains.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* People with underlying health conditions are most at risk from infection.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* The best goal for people is to avoid spreading the virus, as avoiding getting the virus will be tough.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* Hand sanitizer is only mildly effective because coronaviruses are protected by an extra lipid sheet that repels water-based substances. 60%+ Alcohol concentration is required for any useful protection.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* Face masks are only useful for infected persons to avoid spreading the virus; they don’t provide any significant protection for healthy folks.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you notice that I made a mistake, please let me know! I used the CDC website to write everything, but I have some misgivings about it. However, most of this was repeated by an non-governmental epidemiologist I heard interviewed.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Salud!</div><div class="">Kurtis</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></body></html>