If you have a credit card or student loans or a Gamestop PowerUp card, you need to check your credit score. Yes, the credit system sucks and The Big Three are a monopolized scheme and Occupy told you its financial slavery, but it exists. Meet your neighbors.
Bake something and give it to them. Learn how to talk to kids. Find a friend or family member with kids and offer to babysit. And no matter your gender or orientation, being good with kids is a massive plus in the dating world.
Read your local news. Like it or not, you are subject to traffic reports and crime rates much more than you are to Paul Ryan.
Either admit that it interests you or shut up. Listen to NPR. Drive through that area of town everyone tells you not to. Poor people are not hiding in foreign countries; they just shop at a different store than you. Find an appliance in your home and take it apart, then put it back together. Realize what goes into the things around you that make your life so easy.
Change your own damn oil. Ask your mechanic questions when something goes wrong instead of just handing him the keys and describing the smell. Also, save up for a while and buy an AAA membership. Being stranded blows. Get a physical. Some people have no symptoms at all and may not even know they are ill, even though they can transmit the coronavirus to others.
If you have any of the following symptoms, call your doctor. He or she will say whether you need a test and recommend what you should do. If you experience shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, call immediately or go to an emergency department.
If you test positive for COVID, you probably inhaled droplets or virus particles transmitted from an infected person, released into the air when that person breathed, spoke, coughed, sneezed or sang, especially if he or she was not wearing a face mask. In rarer cases, people become infected after touching something with the coronavirus on it, and then touching their face.
If a member of a household has COVID, there is a high risk that it will be transmitted to others in the home. For severe cases, recovery can take six weeks or more, and there may be lasting damage to the heart , kidneys , lungs and brain. For most people, rest and drinking plenty of fluids are the best treatments. Your doctor may also suggest you take over-the-counter medication for fever. More severe cases require hospitalization. Hospital care may include breathing support, such as a ventilator, or other treatments.
Check symptoms. Get vaccine information. Check restaurant inspections? Apply for WIC? Get Help to Quit Smoking? Check out home health service providers? Report a foodborne illness? File a complaint about a health care facility? Coronavirus Self-Checker A tool to help you make decisions on when to seek testing and medical care. COVID is spread in three main ways: Breathing in air that has small droplets and particles containing the virus.
This type of spread is more likely to happen if you have close contact with an infected person. It can also happen when you are not in close contact with someone, especially if you are in enclosed indoor spaces with poor airflow and when you are exposed for a longer period. Having small droplets and particles containing the virus land in the eyes, nose, or mouth, especially through splashes and sprays like a cough or sneeze.
Touching the eyes, nose, or mouth with hands that have the virus on them. This means that you are unlikely to get COVID by touching your eyes, nose, or mouth after touching a contaminated item. Fully vaccinated means 2 weeks or more have passed since getting the second dose of a two-dose vaccine e. Information on additional situations where individuals may be considered fully vaccinated is available here.
If you have a condition or are taking medications that weaken your immune system, you may not be fully protected even if you are fully vaccinated.
You should continue taking all precautions until your healthcare provider says you no longer need to do so. Family and friends of people with weakened immune systems should get vaccinated to help protect these people. Even with this additional dose, these people might not be fully protected and should continue taking precautions until told otherwise by their healthcare provider.
More information is available here. Close contact means: Being within 6 feet of a person who has COVID for a total of 15 minutes or more over a hour period, or Having direct exposure to respiratory secretions e.
This exception may also be applied to school buses when the following criteria are met: Documented seating charts and Assurance that masks are worn and students remain in assigned seats, either via video monitoring if available, or attestation from the bus driver or monitor. There are some exceptions where people are not required to quarantine stay home. These exceptions are described below. Do not go to work, school, or public areas.
Do not take public transportation, taxis, or ride-shares. If you live with someone with COVID, stay separated from sick members in the household as much as possible.
Avoid sharing the same space within the home, including being in the same room. Use a different bedroom or bathroom if that is possible. Your local health department can help you make sure that your basic needs for example, food and medication are being met.
Monitor your health for 14 days after your last contact. Take your temperature with a thermometer two times a day once in the morning, once at night and watch for fever. Also, watch for other symptoms of COVID , such as cough, shortness of breath, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell.
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