Wash your hands and keep your distance.
Those are two of the best tools we have right now to slow the spread of coronavirus around the U.S., according to federal health officials.
Washing your hands has long been recommended to combat illnesses like the seasonal flu, but keeping your distance or social distancing is a new tactic that schools, sports teams and government officials fully embraced this week with unprecedented cancellations.
It’s not so much about keeping you healthy as it is about minimizing the number of Americans infected at the same time.