public health Archives - 2020 KEYWORDS

plague rat

noun.

(colloquial) someone who refuses to wear a mask indoors

noun.

What Covid-19 is NOT exactly like

noun.

Someone who believes that wearing a mask does not do much to protect themselves (or others) from contracting COVID-19.

"I'm afraid to leave my house because I live in a neighborhood of antimaskers."

noun.

a tendency, through xenophobia and anxiety, to worry about which country your Coronavirus vaccine is coming from.

"It's crazy but epidemiologists are worried that vaccinationalism will keep some Americans from trusting the Oxford vaccine."

noun.

A person who ignores public health warnings about the COVID-19 pandemic and acts in ways that put themself or others at risk.

"Did you hear about the covidiots that got into a fight at the bar last night and were shouting in each other’s faces with no masks on?"

An increased separation between people to allow them to gather and avoid transmitting an airborne virus. For COVID-19 that distance is 6 feet.

"I had mixed emotions seeing my parents at a social distance - glad to see them and be safe but sorry to have that distance between us. "

verb.

That didn’t work. Let’s try something else.