It feels both trite and necessary to write a “how to avoid getting sick this winter” post, so please bear with me while I share these five ways to reduce infection and get through our 2023-24 Cold, Flu, and COVID season. I think I’ve found some helpful tools you may not have heard about yet and I myself found the reminders around best practices to reduce the spread of virus illness helpful. I promise that more riveting and novel topics will be coming up next.
This is a great post! Thank you! I've been doing almost all of this and more.
I've been including taking a zinc supplement 2x/day for years -- long before the covid pandemic began, for an entirely different reason. To protect myself and others as my dentist does, per ADA recommendation, I use a gentle hydrogen peroxide mouthwash. I added a gentle hydrogen peroxide nasal spray as well. I think that's probably why I didn't get flu last year when I was very likely exposed.
Thank you for the continued vigilance. My family does all it can to reduce risk, so far it's working. Just took some getting used to our new norm (still masking, social distancing every where).
On the cold vs hot food and virus contamination, I tried nuking my healthy smoothie and it's not awful but if cold ingredients were already contaminated, does that do any good?
Thank you for providing such great information. You've been our family's source of accurate data through this pandemic, and we appreciate your efforts!
This is a great summary! Always good to refresh on ways to stay healthy during the winter season.
That Waste Water Scan website is so much easier than having to go through CDC website. Thank you
This is a great post! Thank you! I've been doing almost all of this and more.
I've been including taking a zinc supplement 2x/day for years -- long before the covid pandemic began, for an entirely different reason. To protect myself and others as my dentist does, per ADA recommendation, I use a gentle hydrogen peroxide mouthwash. I added a gentle hydrogen peroxide nasal spray as well. I think that's probably why I didn't get flu last year when I was very likely exposed.
Thank you for the continued vigilance. My family does all it can to reduce risk, so far it's working. Just took some getting used to our new norm (still masking, social distancing every where).
On the cold vs hot food and virus contamination, I tried nuking my healthy smoothie and it's not awful but if cold ingredients were already contaminated, does that do any good?
Thank you for providing such great information. You've been our family's source of accurate data through this pandemic, and we appreciate your efforts!