Citizens are likely at this point reading the headlines about the coronavirus COVID-19, but their personal knowledge is slim. If and when many more cases are detected in the United States and the distribution of cases is across the nation in large metropolitan areas and rural areas, people will start paying more attention.
Check out this video,
What we actually know about the coronavirus. For emergency managers, you should likely run this video by your public health department so that what you are doing is coordinated with the appropriate authorities. If you are "a citizen," you might find this video helpful in providing very basic information on the virus.
While more facts are known, this is enough to get people started to thinking about how to keep themselves healthy.
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.
