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Ultra-violet (UV) lamps should not be used to disinfect hands or other areas of your skin. UV radiation can cause skin irritation and damage your eyes.

Exposing yourself to the sun or to temperatures higher than 25C degrees DOES NOT prevent the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

There are currently no drugs licensed for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19.

Spraying and introducing bleach or another disinfectant into your body WILL NOT protect you against COVID-19 and can be dangerous.

Drinking methanol, ethanol or bleach DOES NOT prevent or cure COVID-19 and can be extremely dangerous.

FACT: Studies show hydroxychloroquine does not have clinical benefits in treating COVID-19.

FACT: The prolonged use of medical masks* when properly worn, DOES NOT cause CO2 intoxication nor oxygen deficiency

In Memory... COVID-19 Deaths

Rose Ochi, trailblazer for civil rights and Japanese American causes, dies at 81 (LA Times 1/5/21)

Rose Ochi, trailblazer for civil rights and Japanese American causes, dies at 81 (LA Times 1/5/21)

Help Save Lives Everyday! Help end the pandemic - follow local health department directives!

Wear a Mask - Save Lives!

T-shirt? Towel? Some experts say it’s time to get beyond states’ anything-goes approach to masks (LA Times 11/18/20)
Scientific Brief: Community Use of Cloth Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 (CDC 11/10/20)
Face Coverings Could Save 130,000 American Lives from COVID-19 by March (NIH Director's Blog 11/3/20)
Peripheral Oxygen Saturation in Older Persons Wearing Nonmedical Face Masks in Community Settings (JAMA 10/30/20)
Why some people are superspreaders and how the body emits coronavirus (National Geographic 10/27/20)
Preventing the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 With Masks and Other “Low-tech” Interventions (JAMA 10/26/20)
New forecasts show why masks are the easiest — and cheapest — way to save U.S. lives (LA Times 10/23/20)
FAQs on Protecting Yourself from COVID-19 Aerosol Transmission (Expert Knowledge)
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Scientists and engineers with many years of collective research experience related to indoor air quality, aerosol science, aerosol disease transmission, and engineered control systems for aerosols. Our contributors are active researchers investigating aerosol transmission of COVID-19 (see e.g. 1, 2, 3, and 4). Five of us were speakers at the recent Workshop on Airborne Transmission of COVID-19, organized by the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the highest level scientific organization in the US). Three of us are members of a COVID-19 WHO expert group.
Mask Cough Test - Masks Work! Wear One! (Video 4 min)
Mask Up America | "An Easy Lift" (video 30 sec)
Facial Masking for Covid-19 — Potential for “Variolation” as We Await a Vaccine (NEJM 9/8/20)
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Past evidence related to other respiratory viruses indicates that facial masking can also protect the wearer from becoming infected, by blocking viral particles from entering the nose and mouth.2 Epidemiologic investigations conducted around the world — especially in Asian countries that became accustomed to population-wide masking during the 2003 SARS pandemic — have suggested that there is a strong relationship between public masking and pandemic control. Recent data from Boston demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 infections decreased among health care workers after universal masking was implemented in municipal hospitals in late March.
AMA, AHA, ANA Issue Open Letter Urging Public to Wear a Mask to Stop COVID-19 Spread (7/6/20)
Who doesn’t trust Lucy Jones in a crisis? Here’s what she has to say about the coronavirus pandemic (LA Times 6/27/20)
As Infections Rise, People Urged to Keep Their Distance, Wear Masks, Washing Hands (CBS Los Angeles 6/18/20)
Masks and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (JAMA 5/26/20)

Easy Way to Sterilize & Reuse Surgical Masks (Video 15 min)

COVID-19 Tests

The Reality - Wear a Mask / Maintain Social Distance

Children & Young Adults – Information/Stories

Important: Keep Up with Childhood Vaccinations

How WHO is supporting ongoing vaccination efforts during COVID-19

Public Libraries @ the Hospital/Home - Online Books & More

Anaheim Public Library
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- Items are not due but Book Drops remain open if patrons choose to return their library materials.
- All Items with a due date during the closure will have a new due date 21 days after the library reopens. Overdue fines will not be accrued for any items including DVDs or video games.
- Library patrons can place holds on books, DVDs, and video games through the Library Catalog or over the phone for Curbside pick-up.
- We have video games for the following major consoles Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo WiiU, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
Long Beach Public Library
Orange County Public Library

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