The Key to Viral Survival is to follow established best practices by leading experts in the field. This includes Wang Zhou, Chief Physician of the Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Editor of  The Coronavirus Prevention Handbook, Skyhorse Publishing.  At the same time, don’t forget the bullet more likely to get you by not forgetting the most common causes of death for your age group. (see #5 below)

1. When a person sneezes don’t say “Bless You”, turn and run the other way.
2. Spend more time outside in nature, away from the crowds.
3. Wear a mask and eye protection whenever in public.  Sunglasses or regular glasses help, contacts don’t.
4. Use tele-health services for chronic conditions and maintain your health and normal check-ups.
5. Wear a life jacket when boating or swimming in open waters.  While you’re avoiding the virus, you may be putting yourself at risk for other more likely causes of death.  For younger people – drug overdose, accidents, suicide, for older people heart attacks and strokes, various forms of cancer and lung disease.  Most deaths are the result of lifestyle choices, not infectious diseases. UPDATE: CDC reveals that COVID-19 will make the top leading causes of death for 2020. The current published list for 2018 is shown below.
6. Wash your hands and then your face often, always when returning home from public spaces.
7. Establish a decontamination room in your home if space permits.  A mud room is ideal if you use it.  Leave outside shoes and clothing and even packages in this area, anything that can bring in outside materials that can harbor germs and viruses.
8. Don’t drink Clorox or Lysol products, use them liberally on external surfaces to remove contaminants.
9. Balance risk with reward – avoid the free Taco Tuesday buffet at your local watering hole, and take a pass on the complimentary bar peanut bowls.
10. Dine and drink in outside areas whenever possible and frequent establishments where the staff properly wear masks.
11. Avoid high-rise buildings with their attendant crowded elevators and sticky push buttons.
12. Avoid urban areas and crowds: higher density=higher disease risk.
13. Play the LAVA game with your hands instead of your feet.  Avoid touching anything in public spaces.
14. Update your living will and last wishes – if you are whisked away to an isolation ward in intensive care without these, it is already too late.
15. Vote with your feet – don’t try to convince someone in public to put on their mask, just leave the area.
16. Don’t be an easy target – strengthen your immune system by improving your diet, sleep schedule and by avoiding smoking and excessive drinking.
17. ISOLATE if you have chronic conditions (including advanced age) including heart and lung issues, diabetes, obesity, and are a smoker.
18. Be aware of asymptomatic spreaders – the unseen enemy.
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