Touch Points

With an increased awareness of the novel 2019 coronavirus, we are now more careful when it comes to touch points.

We regularly wash our hands with soap and water as these are the carriers of viruses to our bodies when we touch our face particularly our lips, nose and eyes. This slogan is true --

Clean hands make the world go round.

Wearing face / surgical masks not only helps filter the air we breathe in as they say that the 2019-nCorV is airborne.  The masks also help avoid direct contact of hands with other parts of the face particularly mouth and nose.

Outdoor, many of us carry our hand sanitizers and/or wet towels, and a little sprayer with 70% isopropyl alcohol solution / antiseptic disinfectant.

In a hospital in Wuhan, China, the zero ground of deadly 2019-nCorV, there is a robot bringing food rations to each room where the patients are being treated. This is to reduce the exposure of healthcare practitioners to infected patients. I just wonder why they did not create a sensor for the robot not to be pressed/touched when the task is done.

In places where there are cases of 2019-nCorV, people are very careful. Even in malls, people keep themselves away from crowded areas, and they avoid touching items on display.

In public vehicles, they avoid touching the bus or train handlebars/handrails/handgrips.

Some dining places witness the reduction of the number of customers coming in. There is an increased demand for disposable spoons and forks. In China, many businesses including some coffee shops/internet cafes, recreational destinations and even shared offices, closed.

Elsewhere many companies related to tourism and transportation, as well as retail as a lot of items are made/manufactured there, feel the hard hit.

There is an increased demand for virtual assistants and others who can work online in the comfort of their homes. Even some events are canceled or postponed, and webinars are being held. Some apps that connect doctors and patients virtually are on the rise.

We consider clean touch points very important to protect ourselves so we can help humanity. Be hygienic. On our side, this is what we can have control of. The outbreak must stop at some points. If this is in our minds wherever we go, we passionately make the world go round.

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