Virus July 13, 2020
July 13, 2020 It has now been 4 months since we left school due to the corona virus, COVID-19. We taught remotely until the last day of school. Massachusetts deaths and positive cases have steadily decreased so we are now in Phase 3, which means more things are open, but we are still being strongly advised to stay home mostly, social distance 6 feet when out, and wear a mask when you can't social distance. Outside is better than inside. What have we learned? We have learned that, mostly- the outside being better than inside where airborne virus particles can stay in the air. We have learned this is not a respiratory virus, but more vascular- it affects all organs of the body. Clots are found throughout the body when autopsies are done. It is still mostly older people who die. Children still don't seem to be very sick with this, although there are some cases where they have severe swelling of feet and hands, etc. Something called Cytokenesis can also happen in healt