Nearly six months since the coronavirus pandemic was declared, we asked whether you have remained motivated with hygiene. Here's what you said.
You know the drill when it comes to coronavirus hygiene measures: wash your hands, don't touch your face, cough into your elbow and maintain a 1.5-metre distance from others.
But are you still keeping up with the hygiene recommendations, or have you found yourself slacking off — especially if you live in an area where there are little-to-no confirmed cases of COVID-19?Here's how they responded:I think I grew up in a culture of hand washing. My family were Anglo-Indian so they kind of knew the stakes from way back. —It's easy to keep your focus when you think of the people suffering and dying around you.
Download the ABC News app and subscribe to our range of news alerts for the latest on how the pandemic is impacting the worldI've actually been getting stricter as the pandemic goes on. While I was in lockdown, I wasn't that bothered to seriously up my hygiene practices since I wasn't going anywhere. When I returned to my CBD office part-time in July, I was nearly always the only one wearing a face mask on the bus .
I tend to be more slack at home compared to early on. Being in Melbourne and being in stage 4 lockdown has meant a lot less [time] in public. —My kids just about cry every time they have to use hand sanitiser at the supermarket. Their hands are dry and little cuts sting.
I live in a regional area in NSW where there's been very little cases of the virus. I don't believe my community ever really took social distancing seriously — purely because there wasn't as much exposure of how bad the situation could get. I don't think the message ever really sunk in where I live. —My town, Gladstone, has only had one confirmed case and that was back in April. The person lived out of town, isolated straight away and didn't require hospitalisation.
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