Educate the Public to Eradicate Fear, and Improve Hygiene Habits

 

• There is a lot of fear and unknown about the pandemic amongst the general population. It is important to educate the public through statistics and facts, such as mortality rate by demographics, presentation of symptoms, treatment options, and success stories from other countries

 

• With increased testing for the general population, the mortality rate will drop, and this will alleviate fear

 

• Continue to practice social distancing so as to avoid the surge in hospital demand

 

• Remove the stigma of wearing a mask. Even non N95 masks have been shown to greatly eliminate droplet viral transmission, and COVID-19 carriers can spread asymptomatically for day. Countries that have managed the pandemic well, like Korea, Hongkong, and Singapore have made wearing masks a requirement, so we should adopt their best practices