How to go back to a BETTER NORMAL.
Some suggestions based on my personal experiences.
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If you are sick at home, isolate yourself as much as possible from other family members. Carry a baggie with a washcloth in it that has a bleach/water solution (1 Tbsp bleach to 1 quart water) and wipe off surfaces you touch.
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People who work with food, either in production plants or restaurants should have a doctor's clearance that they are free of any contagious disease. Companies should have their own doctors for this process as part of their insurance plan.
If someone becomes ill, they would contact this doctor for a sick release from work and when recovered get a doctor release as "clear to return to work." If a company allows people to work while sick, then it should be reported IMMEDIATELY to the health department. An inspector should immediately come to verify and if it is considered not sanitary, can close the plant or restaurant until it is sanitized. All food possibly handled will be marked and tossed out.
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People who work in offices and with the public should never have to work while sick. Same routine: get company doctor work release and return clearance. If others are exposed in the workplace, then the health department should be called and the office/work area closed until everything is sanitized.
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Group activities & sport events; schools;
If someone appears sick or contagious the operator of the event can insist that such person leave the event - at no liability to the operator for doing so. Signs would be posted at all entrances warning visitors that any person appearing ill, for whatever reason, will be asked to leave and no refund will be given.
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Subways, trains, airplanes - same routine, no liability if a person is denied entrance if appearing ill or contagious. Also, a plastic baggie designed with a breathing panel could be worn by someone who must temporarily travel among others. Attendants would be watchful for signs of very ill people on their vehicles and isolate them until they depart.
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There are air filters that use UV LIGHT to sanitize the air which every building should use, or have designed for them, to add another layer of protection from germs and viruses. People should not be forced to work, eat, travel, in crowded conditions. It is not just the flu, it is tuberculosis and other contagions that we must finally begin to protect our populations from.