The coronavirus has taken over our lives. People are hoarding important things like masks, T.P., and sanitizer. Some people are over-reacting, and some are just ignoring it. We have to stay at home, and leave only if necessary. We should keep 6 feet away from people and take proper precautions. We have to be careful, but we do not need to over-react. The coronavirus is spreading, but we can slow it down. When we do these things such as: washing our hands frequently, staying at home, staying away from people, not touching our faces, not hoarding, and coughing into our elbows, we can slow the spread. Washing our hands is super important because soap is one of Covid-19’s main enemies. 

The reason soap is so important is because it literally pulls apart viruses. Let me explain: viruses are just things with a fatty layer surrounding them. Its only purpose is to copy itself. When you rinse off your hands with just water, it doesn’t clean them. The fatty shell protects the virus, and it just stays on your hand, no harm done to it. When you use soap, though, it pulls apart the virus. Soap has protein things in it that are attracted to water on one side, and fat on the other side. When the fat attracted side sticks into the virus, the water attracted side pulls towards the wate, ripping the virus apart. When you rinse your hands after, the once-deadly now helpless virus shards go down the drain. It takes time, though. So wash your hands for 20-30 seconds! Yes, you heard me, 20-30 seconds! Do you really want to get sick? And do you really want to get others sick? No? Then wash your hands!

Will school close for the rest of the school year?

Will school be closed for yet another week after this morning’s anouncment of a fourth?

When will we bounce back to normal?

The coronavirus (Covid-19) has swept across America quickly. The only state that doesn’t have it is West Virginia. Covid-19 is causing a toll on our economy. Things like toilet paper, alcohol, canned foods, and hand sanitizer have vanished. Schools are shutting, offices are telling their employees to work from home, and trips are being canceled. It seems like some pretty rough times, but there are ways to stay safe, healthy, and encourage others to do so as well. 

One of the most important things is washing your hands. When washing: remember to scrub your fingernails in the palms of your hands, twist your thumbs in your fists, get in between your fingers, and lather the backs of your hands and wrists. Make sure to use bar soap if available and hum the happy birthday song twice (20-30 seconds), medium-slow. Only use hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available, and make sure it is at least 60% alcohol. Don’t shake peoples hands, high-five or hug people, a good alternative is fist bumps and/or hand guns. Cover your sneezes/coughs with your elbow and wash your hands after blowing your nose. Before and after eating you should also wash your hands. Don’t go places or touch things if you don’t absolutely need to. With the coronavirus spreading, we need to be on our feet, stay level headed and aware, and teach others how to wash their hands and avoid getting sick.

When will the coronavirus fade?

When will it be in Traverse City?

Is the coronavirus already here?

Have you ever wondered how people can always “make room for dessert?” Or why people might say their full even when they aren’t? Sometimes you might think you’re full, but when handed a plate of desert, you can eat it all. That is because of Sensory Specific Satiety (sah-tie-eh-tee). It is how we often mistake ourselves for feeling full. Basically after eating the same food for a while, your brain gets bored, and so you think you’re full. You might be interested in eating something, but after having a bunch of it, eh… not so much.

So, after “finishing” a meal, when you are offered dessert, it is something different than what you had just been eating. It is something “new” and “exciting,” so of course you have room to eat it. The people at Vox did a test where they fed some people mac and cheese. Before they fed them, they asked them how excited they were about eating mac and cheese. After they ate it, they asked them again. The people’s interests in mack and cheese had gone down. So, if your brain gets uninterested in the food you’re eating, you might just think you’re full.

What if it is your favorite food?

What about when people have a multi-coursed meal?

What if they eat their dessert first?

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