CASES
CASES OF
CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN IDAHO. THAT'S ACCORDING TO
IDAHO PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS
OFFICIALS AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL.
AS OF TODAY... 41 PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN TESTED... OF
THOSE, 31 ARE NO
LONGER BEING
MONITORED.
BUT AGAIN... NO
CONFIRMED CASES IN
IDAHO.
WE ARE ONE OF 15 STATES
WITHOUT ANY
CONFIRMED CASES.
OVERALL... THE C-D-C SAYS
THERE ARE MORE THAN
600 CASES IN THE U-S.
23 PEOPLE HAVE DIED, 19
OF THOSE IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED
THAT A MAJORITY OF
THOSE DEATHS OCCURRED
WITHIN THE SAME "LIFE
CARE CENTER" IN
KIRKLAND.
SEPARATING THE FACTS
FROM FEAR ON THE
INTERNET IS NO EASY
TASK WHEN IT COMES TO
THE CORONAVIRUS.
LAST WEEK ASHLYN SENT
IN THIS PICTURE TO THE
208.
MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN
SOMETHING SIMILAR
BEING PASSED AROUND
SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE A,
WELL, A COMMUNICABLE
DISEASE.
THE HOW WELL DO YOU
WASH YOUR HANDS
PICTURES...ILLUSTRATED BY
THE U-V OR BLACK LIGHT.
SO THAT GOT US
ASKING...HOW THOROUGH
A SCRUBBING DO YOU
NEED TO KEEP FROM
SPREADING VIRUSES?
TO FIND OUT WE WENT TO
SEE DOCTOR CYNTHIA
CURL AT BOISE STATE
UNIVERSITY.
SHE'S AN ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
AND...FITTLINGLY...IS
TEACHING A CLASS THIS
SEMESTER ON
EPIDEMIOLOGY.
SO WHAT'S THE BEST WAY
TO HANDLE THE HAND TO
HAND BATTLE WHEN IT
COMES TO COMBATING
THE CORONAVIRUS?
JUST ON OUR WAY TO B-
S-U...WE HANDLED DOOR
HANDLES...CAR
HANDLES...CAR
HANDLES...OUR PHONE...A PARKING METER...MORE DOORS...ELEVATOR
BUTTONS...TWICE...AND
DOORS...ELEVATOR BUTTONS...TWICE...AND FINALLY DR. CYNTHIS
CURL'S
HAND...RELUCTANTLY.
CURL'S HAND...RELUCTANTLY. "WE TOUCH A LOT OF
STUFF."
"WE TOUCH OUR FACES
ALL THE TIME, WE TOUCH
THE DOOR HANDLES, WE
TOUCH EVERYTHING ALL
DAY."
WHICH IS WHY IT'S
IMPORTANT TO GET THAT
STUFF OFF OUR
HANDS...TO KEEP FROM
PASSING IT AROUND.
"IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO WASH YOUR HANDS
MORE OFTEN THAN YOU
THINK."
AND MORE THOROUGHLY
THAN YOU THINK.
TO SHOW WHY...WE ARE
GOING TO USE GLO GERM
OIL
"THEY CALL IT SIMULATED
GERMS."
AND IT GLOWS UNDER
U-V LIGHT.
"OK YOU DON'T NEED
THAT MUCH...JUST GO
EVERYWHERE WITH
IT?...YEP, SPREAD IT
AROUND...SO NOW IT'S AS
IF
IF YOU
IF YOU TOUCHED LOTS OF STUFF ON THE WAY HERE." WHICH I DID.
"NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THESE HANDS ONE
MORE TIME ...YOU CAN
SEE...AHH...THAT REDDISH
ORANGE COLOR...WE
DON'T THINK ABOUT HOW
GERMS GET IN THOSE
CREVICES...CAN SEE IT ON
THE BACK AS WELL."
SO...THAT
SO...THAT HANDSHAKE FROM EARLIER? "AND THEN WE DO OUR
HANDSHAKE." THE OIL SHOWS WHERE THE GERMS RUBBED OFF
ON DR. CURL'S HAND
"CAN YOU SEE ON MINE,
ALL THESE PLACES AND I
HAD NOTHING."
"SO RIGHT HERE IS ONE
AND IF YOU TURN THE
PALM OVER YOU CAN SEE
THERE AS WELL."
SO A SIMPLE WASH
WOULD TAKE CARE OF
THAT, RIGHT?
"ALRIGHT LET'S SEE HOW I
DID.."
.
DID.." .
DID.." . HERE'S HOW IT LOOKS
AFTER ABOUT FIVE
SECONDS
"YOUR WRISTS RIGHT
HERE...STILL IN SOME OF
THOSE CRACKS..."
"AND RIGHT HERE...THAT'S
WHERE YOU DON'T WASH
YOUR HANDS
AND IN THE CROOKS OF
MY
MY PALM
MY PALM THERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE STILL GERMS THAT ARE THERE..."
HOW ABOUT A PROPER
WASH?
"YOU WANT TO MAKE A
LATHER BUT MORE THAN
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO
BE SURE THAT YOU ARE
CREATING ENOUGH
FRICTION TO GET THE
GERMS INTO THE LATHER
SO THAT IT CAN WASH
OFF."
"AND NOT JUST THE
PALMS, YOU WANT TO GET
THE BACKS OF YOUR
HANDS, BOTH OF THEM,
YOU WANT TO GET IN
BETWEEN YOUR FINGERS,
YOU WANT TO GET
AROUND YOUR THUMBS,
IN THE NAIL BED."
"YOU WANT TO GET YOUR
WRISTS."
"I THINK THAT'S A
COMMON ONE PEOPLE
FORGET."
"YOU WANT THAT
PROCESS TO TAKE AT
LEAST 20 SECONDS SO
PEOPLE ARE SAYING SING
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWICE,
SING THE ABCS SLOWLY."
"AND MAYBE SING...HAPPY
BIRTHDAY.."
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
YOU
...GET IT?"
"LET'S CHECK IT OUT
...STILL SOME IN THE
CRACKS...BUT DEFINITELY
BETTER THAN LAST TIME,
YOUR WRIST LOOKS
BETTER I DON'T SEE
ANYTHING
ANYTHING ON THE BACK HERE." "JUST GOES TO SHOW
HOW HARD IT IS TO WASH
OUR HANDS WELL AND
HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT
THAT...TRUE."
THAT...TRUE."
DR.
DR. CURL
DR. CURL REITERATED WHAT THE C-D-C SAYS THAT HAND
WASHING...PROPER-FULL-
LATHER-20-SECOND-
WASHING...PROPER-FULL- LATHER-20-SECOND- SCRUBBING...IS PREFERRED
BUT ANY ALCOHOL-BASED
HAND SANITIZER WILL
WORK AGAINST THE
CORONAVIRUS.