With new, potentially more contagious coronavirus variants showing up - let alone the original pandemic still raging - many health experts are issuing stronger warnings not to leave the home unless necessary.
That said, if you do need to go out, to pick up groceries, for example, the best advice is to limit the time you're inside the store.
"Shopping for five minutes in the grocery store is a lot better — six times better — than shopping for 30 minutes," said Tom Frieden, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The logic here is that there's less time to be exposed to the virus.
And with this new variant spreading more easily, Frieden suggests that it's time to switch over to a surgical style mask, or even better an N95, since both offer greater protection than a cloth one.
How strictly are you following the health experts' advice?
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