Doctors urge COVID-19 precautions

COVID-19 has killed more than 4,000 Floridians. We don’t have a cure, definitive treatment or vaccine for COVID-19. The only definitive approach to combat COVID-19 is prevention.

The Marion County Medical Society highly recommends the following evidence-based measures to keep our community safe:

• Staying at home except for essential activities.
• Physical distancing of at least 6 feet from each other.
• Wearing a mask in all indoor public places or outdoors when physical distancing is not possible.
• Washing hands.

The following may be exempted:

• Children under age 2.
• Persons with a medical condition for whom wearing a face covering could obstruct breathing or who are unconscious, incapacitated, or otherwise unable to remove a face covering without assistance.
• Individuals with a hearing impairment or those who communicate with a person with a hearing impairment, where the ability to see the mouth is essential for communication.

Sushil Puskur, M.D.

President, Marion County Medical Society Ocala