WHAT IS CORONAVIRUS AND HOW DOES IT RELATE TO THE FLU AND COMMON COLD ?

Wearing masks really does prevent the spread of respiratory droplets to others…Read on as we talk more

Fact #1: Coronavirus- Not New

Many people think that coronaviruses are new. They are not. The current pandemic is caused by a unique form of coronavirus never seen before and is therefore called the Novel Coronavirus -2019 or simply COVID-19. Prior to this pandemic, coronaviruses were known to cause the common cold along with other potential viruses called rhinoviruses. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has published on their website that explains the difference between these types in order to avoid confusion at the following website: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/general-information.html

While the common cold causes upper respiratory symptoms (runny nose, sneezing, coughing, fever, etc). This is what we are used to. You do not die from this. You die from COVID-19.

FACT #2: COVID-19 Is new

There are many conspiracy theories as to the origins of this coronavirus strain. That being said, what we do know that although

African-Americans Are More Vulnerable

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

A leader is a VISIONARY, ANTICIPATES CHANGE, EMBRACES A CHALLENGE AND WILL TAKE A RISK…As the image indicates, sometimes you’re walking ahead and alone because YOU see the vision and must lead the way for others to embrace it. Sometimes its lonely at the top.

Covid-19 Has Unmasked American Inequality in Health and Education and What We Must Do