Een, i imagine a lot of people are asking you what they should be doing. What do you think we can do personally to reduce our risk and help keep ourselves as safe as possible? It's very simple how this vira spreads. It spreads when people are in close contact with each other. So there is some decision making you have to do around whether i do i really want to go to that party indoors before i go and see my family? Or do i want to, you know, there's some things i'm actually going to fice. Een, i have no doubt that there will be plenty more coming out in the next week. We'll be back on th
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