Know the facts about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
and help stop the spread of rumors.
FACT 1: DISEASES CAN MAKE ANYONE SICK REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE OR ETHNICITY.
People of Asian descent, including Chinese Americans, are not more likely to get COVID-19 than any other American. Help stop fear by letting people know that being of Asian descent does not increase the chance of getting or spreading COVID-19.
FACT 2: THE RISK OF GETTING COVID-19 IN THE U.S. IS CURRENTLY LOW.
Some people who live in or have recently traveled to places where many people have gotten sick with COVID-19 may be monitored by health officials to protect their health and the health of other people in the community.
FACT 3: SOMEONE WHO HAS COMPLETED QUARANTINE OR HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM ISOLATION DOES NOT POSE A RISK OF INFECTION TO OTHER PEOPLE.
For up-to-date information, visit CDC's coronavirus disease 2019 web page. To visit this website, click here.
FACT 4: YOU CAN HELP STOP COVID-19 BY KNOWING THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS:
  • Fever
  • Cough
  • Shortness of breath

Seek medical advice is you:
  • Develop symptoms
AND
  • Have been in close contact with a person known to have COVID-19 or if you live in or have recently been in an area with ongoing spread of COVID-19.
FACT 5: THERE ARE SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP KEEP YOURSELF AND OTHERS HEALTHY.
  • Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing; going to the bathroom; and before eating or preparing food.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
  • Stay home when you are sick.
  • Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
HAND WASHING TECHNIQUE
It is recommended to wash your hands for at least 20 seconds. Many people are taught to sing the song Happy Birthday to yourself twice, which will take roughly 20 seconds. Make hand washing fun again, and try using these choruses to popular songs instead!
THE BEE GEES' // "STAYIN' ALIVE"
"Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother / You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive / Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' / And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive / Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive / Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive"
BEYONCE // "LOVE ON TOP"
"Baby it’s you / You’re the one I love / You’re the one I need / You’re the only one I see / Come on baby it’s you / You’re the one that gives your all / You’re the one I can always call / When I need to make everything stop / Finally you put my love on top"
LADY GAGA // "BAD ROMANCE"
"I want your love, and I want your revenge / You and me could write a bad romance / (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) / I want your love, and all your lover's revenge / You and me could write a bad romance / Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh / Caught in a bad romance / Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh / Caught in a bad romance"
TOTO // "AFRICA"
" It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you / There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do / I bless the rains down in Africa / Gonna take some time to do the things we never had”
EMINEM // "LOSE YOURSELF"
“You better lose yourself in the music, the moment / You own it, you better never let it go / You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow / This opportunity comes once in a lifetime / You better lose yourself in the music, the moment / You own it, you better never let it go / You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow / This opportunity comes once in a lifetime”
NATASHA BEDINGFIELD // "UNWRITTEN"
“Feel the rain on your skin / No one else can feel it for you / Only you can let it in / No one else, no one else / Can speak the words on your lips / Drench yourself in words unspoken / Live your life with arms wide open / Today is where your book begins / The rest is still unwritten”
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