Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/wc_ai6Ni73Q   Preventing CoVid19 from harming you and your family will involve personal and community efforts.  Personally, you must guard against contracting the virus and passing it on to others.  That involves keeping your fingers and hands from your face, repeated soap and water handwashing or use of alcohol hand sanitizers, avoid touching surfaces likely to harbor contaminated secretions like door handles and your phone, cough and sneeze into tissues, and stay home from work if you feel sick.   Stay away from crowded places if you can, and take special precautions in subway and rail stations as well as airports.  If you can, shop at odd hours.  Walk any walkable distances, and use your automobile for longer travel where feasible.   The Chinese instituted an early warning system for personal infection: a mandatory daily temperature check.  This is easy enough for all of us to do.  There are even electronic thermometers that link to your phone for as little as $11.    At the fi