Subject: What Is a Coronavirus? Quick Reference ☣️

A message to our comix community from Dare2Draw Director/CEO Charles Sincero Chenet

Due to COVID-19, we have not scheduled any Interactive Dare2Draw shows in 2020 until further notice, for abundance of caution.

We'll be shooting more creatorCODE panels to address important topics, people and ideas in our creator community.

Below, we put together a LIST of helpful references & links, with information from reputable and professional agencies.

The reference material, below, is a quick guide and good starting point to do your own research, to stay informed & help you make informed choices.

"Together We're Stronger"

* IF YOU'RE feeling any symptoms, please seek professional medical attention, ASAP! ** Use Guidelines, below!! 
If you are experiencing fever, cough or shortness of breath and traveled to an area where COVID-19 is spreading, or you have had close contact with someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19, call your health care provider. Your provider will work with the Health Department to determine if you need testing.

If you need help finding a health care provider, call 311.
Information Resources:
  • Comic book "Convention" calendar check for Reschedule & Canceled shows: via Convention Scene
  • Coronavirus 101: What We Do — And Don't — Know About The Outbreak Of COVID-19 via NPR

What Is a Coronavirus? via WebMD
Coronaviruses were first identified in the 1960s, but we don't know where they come from. They get their name from their crown-like shape. Sometimes, but not often, a coronavirus can infect both animals and humans.

Most coronaviruses spread the same way other cold-causing viruses do: through infected people coughing and sneezing, by touching an infected person's hands or face, or by touching things such as doorknobs that infected people have touched.

The Wuhan virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed at a temperature of 26-27 degrees Celsius (78-80 degrees Fahrenheit). Therefore, drink more hot water. You can tell your friends and relatives to drink more hot water to prevent it. Go under the Sun. It has been cold recently, and drinking hot water is also very comfortable. It is not a cure and is good for the body. Drinking warm water is effective for all viruses. Try not to drink ice.

Twitter info:
@CDC - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
@WHO - World Health Organization
@WhiteHouse - *The White House
@NYGovCuomo - Governor of New York 
@NYCMayor - Mayor Bill de Blasio
@NYCMayorsOffice - City Hall
@nycgov - Official New York City government
Doctor's online *advice about coronavirus: [*ask your doctor]
1. It is pretty large in size. It is about 400-500nm in diameter (see my note at end of this email for size comparison to the influenza virus), so any normal mask (not just the N95 feature) should be able to filter it out. However, when someone who's infected sneezes in front of you, it will take a great 3 meters (about 10 feet) before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne.

2. When the virus drops on metal surface, it will live for at least 12 hours. So remember if you come in contact with any metal surface, wash your hands with soap thoroughly.

3. The virus can remain active on fabric for 6-12 hours. Normal laundry detergent should kill the virus. For winter clothing that do not require daily washing, you can put it out under the sun to kill the virus.

About the symptoms of the pneumonia caused by coronavirus:
1. It will first infect the throat, so the throat will have the dry sore throat feeling which will last for 3-4 days.

2. Then the virus will blend into the nasal fluid and drips into the trachea and enter the lungs, causing pneumonia. This process will take 5-6 days.

3. With pneumonia comes high fever and difficulty in breathing. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. You will feel like you are drowning in water. It's important to go seek immediate medical attention if you feel like this.

About prevention:
1. The most common way of getting infected is by touching things in public, so you must wash your hands frequently. The virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 mins, but a lot can happen in those 5-10 minutes (you can rub your eyes or pick your nose unwittingly).

2. Aside from washing your hands frequently, you can gargle with Betadine Sore Throat Gargle to eliminate or minimize the germs while they are still in your throat (before dripping down to your lungs)."

NOTE: "The virus particle (also called the virion) is 80–120 nanometers in diameter such that the smallest virions adopt an elliptical shape. The length of each particle varies considerably, owing to the fact that influenza is pleomorphic, and can be in excess of many tens of micrometers, producing filamentous virions. 
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