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Social distancing, avoiding crowds and certain events, washing hands routinely and before meals, wearing masks when ill would help reduce the spread speed a lot.

Wearing masks also helps set a new social norm. It is now common in Taiwan subways and trains--basically everyone wears a mask.

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> It is now common in Taiwan subways and trains--basically everyone wears a mask.

Not clear if it's useful to wear a mask if not displaying any symptoms. I didn't see any official recommendations for doing so. I've been traveling quite a bit in Asia these last few weeks, and I'd say 80% in planes wear masks. However, most of them don't use them properly. They take them on and off, reuse them, adjust them, touch their faces. Sometimes they don't even wear masks, but piece of clothes.

I have lived in Asia, so I am familiar with the model. Currently I am in a medium-sized city that isn't a major transit hub. I would take my own personal medical precautions, to be sure, if anyone within 2-3 counties away were a suspected case. That is the reason for my keeping an eye on the news. I don't have money to stockpile, much less concern myself with market-related shenanigans.

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