04/20/2020
"The After"
I know you are afraid, I know you have had weeks of anxiety. I know it is easy to hide in your house and do as your told. I agree we need to be diligent in these times and protect ourselves and our loved ones at all costs. I have been wearing a mask for the last 5 weeks, have been practicing social distancing and have washed my hands and sanitized spaces enough that I barely have any normal skin left on my hands.
But What happens AFTER
That being said what we all need to realize is that all these directions we are being given are not to keep us safe,and they are not to keep us from getting COVID 19. They were put in place to 1. flatten the curve
2. Not overwhelm our healthcare facilities
This viris is not going away. It is here to stay and the predictors say that 50-60% of us are going to get it. Studies also show that between 5 and 35% of us have already had it whether we realized it or not.
We CANNOT social distance ourselves until 2022 and there is not a vaccine that is going to magically save the world. The fastest vaccine ever made took 4 years, so beware if a vaccine is released in 12-18 months because it was either not tested properly or it was in the making before all of this even began (more on this later)
Connecticut is not yet at its peak but we are getting close. These are the times you need to be hyper vigilant but it is also the time when you need to decide how you are going to live your life AFTER the next month goes by.
My Advise:
1. Get your house in order, that means become as healthy as you can be so you dont end up a statistic.
Eat better, move, exercise, and supplement your diet with things you need especially concentrating on improvine your immune system. More on this to come
2. STOP looking at your neighbor like they might be the one to kill you. Show some love and a little tolerance.
3. My Mother must have told me 10,000 times before I was eight years old to respect your elders.
NOW is the time to protect and shelter your elderly and weak and make sure every measure is taken to keep them safe. If they have a condition that makes them vulnerable there are always strategies to improve that condition.
4. Stop watching the news,it only promotes anxiety and division and promotes bad science. Bad science is making it illegal to not have a mask on in public. Your cloth mask offers you or others absolutely no protection against this very small particulate virus. As a matter of fact it has been shown to concentrate the virus particles from the outside world on the inside of your mask. You dont need a mask when your driving alone or walking on the street by yourself unless you have contaminated hands and touch your face often.
5.Control everything you can and try not to worry about the rest.
6. If you need something reach out, we are all in this together.
7. We need to balance between a safe, measured return to life and NOT having anything left to come back to.
Be smart, Be vigilant, Be considerate
Stay safe there will be much more content in the coming weeks
Yours in Health
Dr. Marschner
