SPEAKING WIZARD
What will you say in the following situations?
a. You want to borrow your friend's notebook.
b. You want a few flowers from your neighbour's garden.
c. You want to play with the children from the neighbouring village.
d. You are at a restaurant. Ask the waiter for another scoop of ice-cream
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It's an uneasy time in Boston and much of the world as we watch long-standing, beloved events get canceled, students sent home from school for weeks, and family members hunker down in quarantine.
To help ease some concerns, we launched a call across our social platforms to hear from our readers about what persisting questions you have about the coronavirus pandemic. It turns out, many of us are concerned about our neighbors and the most vulnerable members of our community and are seeking ways to help out while keeping others safe.
We consulted some experts to answer some of your most-asked questions:
Can I go to the grocery store to get things for my elderly neighbor?
The elderly are at higher risk of acquiring coronavirus and for having complications if they do become sick. Clearly, many of you know that and want to help your neighbors. That's a good impulse, and you should go with it — as long as you keep yourself safe, said Dr. Brian Chow, an infectious disease physician at Tufts Medical Center.
He urged anyone wanting to help out to take all of the common sense precautions we've been hearing about. Leave your kids at home, if you can, wash your hands before going to the grocery store, wipe down the cart when you hit the store, and then immediately wash your hands when you get home — before you drop off the groceries.
And what about passing along the virus on the surface of the food or package?
"We know that coronavirus can persist on some surfaces for at least a few hours afterwards," Chow said. "We're not really sure what the outside number for that is. But eventually it will dry out and die and not become contagious."