COMIC: I Spent A Day In Coronavirus Awareness Mode. Epidemiologists, How Did I Do?
NPRCOMIC: I Spent A Day In Coronavirus Awareness Mode. Malaka Gharib/NPR Malaka Gharib/NPR Malaka Gharib/NPR Enlarge this image Malaka Gharib/NPR Malaka Gharib/NPR Malaka Gharib/NPR Malaka Gharib/NPR Malaka Gharib/NPR What the epidemiologists said Melissa Nolan, a professor of epidemiology at the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina, says my effort to document my hygiene habits during the outbreak was a worthy endeavor. "The most egregious things you did was being in close quarters with people," says Nolan — like eating at the salad bar, going to the movie theater and getting in a taxi or a ride share. "So you considering every surface as dirty as a precautionary measure and washing your hands all the time — it's good discipline." "Hypothetically, your hands — the palm side — are more moist," says Nolan.
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