My understanding of this virus and the rising cases is that many people mixed with family and friends over the Christmas and that is the reason for rising cases.
Is there poor hygiene standards and poor cough and sneeze etiquette from parts of the population for rising cases to occur?
I see poor hygiene standards from some people.
I was in a hotel back in October having lunch and in the bathroom there was someone at the sink. She didn't wash her hands properly. She dipped her hands quickly under the running tap and that was that.
My own mother refuses to cover her mouth when she's coughing and sneezing. A lot of her cough is environmental and dust related.
My in laws made a slight attempt over Christmas and coughed into their hands. My understanding is coughing into hands is a nono because hands are used to open handles and turn taps and there's more risk for containmented surfaces.
I sneezed the other day and I was wesring a mask. I left the mask on and my face went right into my elbow for the sneeze trying to contain any droplets.
This pandemic isn't new. We have been dealing with this since last March. There were campaigns from government and health officials on TV and radio on appropriate etiquette. Surely everybody should know what to do now and how to behave with personal hygiene? Theres some excuse for older people with dementia anf for others with intellectual conditions not being able to cough and sneeze and wash hands appropriately.