Coronavirus: Socialization during epidemics

Humans are social creatures. However, the socialization has stopped due to the touch of coronavirus.

Walking with a friend's hand on his shoulder, laughing in the middle of a conversation, pulling him to his chest when he meets a loved one after a long time, shaking hands with a colleague are all terrifying now.

Friends are friends, millions of people today are separated from their families.

There are also differences between people in terms of social distances like the back and forth of a coin. Some people are trying their best to maintain a safe social distance despite having opportunities.

Again, some people around him are taking risks to chat at home or outside.

But how long will it last like this? When there is little hope of an end to this epidemic, we have to rethink our social life by accompanying it.

Therefore, it is necessary to know how to maintain sociality even from a safe distance, to maintain mutual friendship.

Some such steps have been taken in the UK. In England, a maximum of six people can be grouped together at a distance of six feet or two meters from each other. The same rule applies to Northern Ireland. In Scotland, a maximum of eight people from two families can be reunited outside the house while maintaining the same distance. The same rule applies to Wales.

To find out how multiple people can get together safely, the international news agency, the BBC, has resorted to the famous British physician and television presenter Dr. Jend van Tulican's.

Details are given based on that report: 

Whom will you invite?

The risk of coronavirus infection varies from person to person. So you need to think about whom to call for a social meeting and how much your risk is affected. The risk of inviting a young couple is much different from inviting an older or obese person to the house to tell a story. Once again, the risk of being exposed to the virus is quite different.

You need to warn older and obese people about the virus before inviting them. Even if you think about his safety, you have to think about whether you will invite him at all or not. And if you are the person invited and want to protect yourself, it would be wise to return the invitation politely.

Where to seat the guest?

When guests come to the house, there may be hesitant about letting them sit. Would you let a guest from outside sit on your sofa? Let me use the 'remote' of the television? The risk of the virus spreading at home can not be ruled out.

For those who live in the village, the yard can make things easier. Those who have open space in front of such houses in the city will also be able to enjoy the same benefits.

However, flat houses do not have that opportunity. The guest may be allowed to sit in the living room, or even in the bedroom. They may be entertained at your ‘dining table’, which will increase the risk of the virus spreading several times over. Having the opportunity to go to the roof of the house will reduce the risk a bit, but that does not apply to all cases.

If outside guests have to be brought into the house, they have to wear masks all the time. The first thing to do after entering the house is to wash their hands. However, in this situation, it is important for the guest to be more sincere than the inviter. If possible, take clean clothes with you. For the safety of the invitee, go there and take a bath or at least wash your hands, change your clothes, and wear clean clothes. Avoid touching household items unless absolutely necessary.

Social distance:

Keeping two meters or six feet away from each other is the minimum requirement of social distance. Every person should have an estimate of this distance in order to maintain it in all areas like talking to someone outside the house, walking on the street, workplace. Besides, the distance between the stories should not be forgotten.

People hug each other, pat each other on the back, turn their hands on their heads, whether the conversation is for laughter or for some reason. It is not at all appropriate to do these things during this epidemic. There are also many more common gestures that need to be avoided.

Food and utensils:

The idea of carrying one's own utensils for an invitation may seem like an exaggeration to many. But it is better to do it. More importantly, how much risk are you willing to take and what effect can that have on others?

You may be thinking, "I'm healthy, young, I don't have any bad habits that weaken my respiratory system, I've spent most of the time at home on lockdown, and since I've never had a coronavirus, my immune system is strong." Then I don't need to be so careful. ”

First of all, there is no guarantee that you are safe, that you haven't been there for a long time, and that you won't be there now. If it is assumed that nothing will really happen to you, still talk. And it is likely to be your carrier.

The virus may not be able to suppress your immune system, but if it stays in your body, it has the ability to infect others through you, of which we have seen countless examples.

‘Asymptomatic’ means those who do not have any symptoms of ‘Covid-19’, but have a virus in their body and it is spreading among others. So there is no substitute for caution.

Hand washing: 

We have mastered the habit of using hand sanitizer when there is no opportunity to wash our hands with soap outside the house. Undoubtedly, those who can't make it a habit. However, the habit of washing our hands with soap while staying at home for a while may not have been so strong. Maybe you are thinking that I am at home, why do I need to wash my hands so much.

Your guests can think the same thing while sitting in your room. Again you may not be going out, but the home market and others are always coming. Someone is going out even if it is once a day due to office work or walking outside. The virus can enter your home through them or even with bags in the market. So even if you are at home, the need to wash your hands is not exhausted.

So just as you have to wash your hands, you have to encourage the guests to wash their hands.

Use the toilet: 

Household members or guests, after using one toilet, there should be a two-minute interval between using another. You need to make it a habit to lower the lid of the commode before flushing. ‘Toilet tissue’ is difficult for everyone to separate, so try to keep your own used tissue in your collection so that the toilet tissue does not touch you.

Everyone must have the habit of hand soap at the end of the toilet, but what about hand towels? Tissues in your pocket can also come in handy here. Or it would be more effective to use ‘paper towels’ instead of cloth towels. Especially the guests actually. The basket for disposing of all these issues must be covered.

The entire toilet must be disinfected when the guest leaves. If necessary, the 'toilet tissue roll' should be replaced.

Children and hugs:

The role of embrace in expressing love for each other cannot be concluded. Due to the current situation, we may be able to spend Eid without hugging the adults, but it is really difficult to avoid hugging the youngest children in the family, it is very cruel and in most cases, it cannot be avoided. In these cases, even if it seems cruel, you should try not to hug the other person completely while embracing it. And turning each other's faces in opposite directions. Face-to-face hugs are most at risk, but the risk is slightly lower when a small child hugs your feet. But you have to try your best not to hug.

Clean expedition at the end of guest reception: 

We all know how coronavirus is spread. So after entertaining the guests in the house, the whole family should start the whole house cleaning campaign. Every piece of furniture, floor, toilet, all flats should be cleaned with disinfectant. Remember, your safest refuge in a coronavirus situation is your own home, so keeping it virus-free is your biggest responsibility and duty.