COVID-19 Factsheets for Young Adults

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The CDC recently released a series of COVID-19 factsheets specifically targeting young adults to help keep them safe. Please download any and all of these factsheets and share them with the young adults in your life.

The CDC Reminds Young Adults:

What you need to know

  • Stay home if sick.
  • Wear cloth face coverings in public settings and when around people who don’t live in your household, especially when other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.
  • Use social distancing (stay at least 6 feet away from others).
  • Before you go, call and ask what extra prevention strategies they are using, like requiring staff to wear cloth face coverings.
  • Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds when you get home.

Check a restaurant’s COVID-19 prevention practices before you go. Check the restaurant’s website and social media to see if they have updated their information to address any COVID-19 safety guidelines. Before you go to the restaurant, call and ask if all staff are wearing cloth face coverings while at work.

Take steps to protect yourself at the restaurant. Wear cloth face coverings when less than 6 feet apart from other people or indoors. Take precautions – like wearing a cloth face covering as much as possible when not eating and maintaining a proper social distance if you are dining with others who don’t live with you. Maintain a social distance of 6 feet or more in any entryway, hallway, or waiting area. When possible, sit outside at tables spaced at least 6 feet apart from other people. When possible, choose food and drink options that are not self-serve to limit the use of shared serving utensils, handles, buttons, or touchscreens.

Clean hands

Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds when entering and exiting the restaurant. If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry. Before using the restroom, make sure there is adequate soap and paper towels or hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.

Hosting gatherings or cook-outs
Remind guests to stay home if they are sick. Remind invited guests to stay home if they have been exposed to COVID-19 in the last 14 days or are showing COVID-19 symptoms. Anyone who has had close contact with a person who has COVID-19 should also stay home and monitor their health. Invited guests who live with those at higher risk should also consider the potential risk to their loved ones. Consider keeping a list of guests who attended for potential future contract tracing needs.

Encourage social distancing

Host your gathering outdoors, when possible. If this is not feasible, make sure the room or space is well-ventilated (for example, open a window). Arrange tables and chairs to allow for social distancing. People from the same household can be in groups together and don’t need to be 6 feet apart – just 6 feet away from other families. If planning activities for adults and/or kids, consider those where social distancing can be maintained, like sidewalk chalk art or frisbee.
When guests arrive, minimize gestures that promote close contact. For example, don’t shake hands, do elbow bumps, or give hugs. Instead wave and verbally greet them. Wear cloth face coverings

Wear cloth face coverings when less than 6 feet apart from people or indoors.
Consider providing face coverings for guests or asking them to bring their own.
Clean hands often. Consider providing hand sanitizer in addition to clearly marked hand washing areas. Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds when entering and exiting social gatherings. If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry. Make sure there is adequate soap or hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol available in the restrooms and encourage guests not to form a line at the door. Consider also providing cleaning supplies that allow guests to wipe down surfaces before they leave. Remind guests to wash their hands before serving or eating food. Use single-use hand towels or paper towels for drying hands so guests do not share a towel. Limit the number of people handling or serving food. Encourage guests to bring their own food and drinks. Limit people going in and out of the areas where food is being prepared or handled, such as in the kitchen or around the grill, if possible.

If serving any food, consider identifying one person to serve all food so that multiple people are not handling the serving utensils. Use single-use options or identify one person to serve sharable items, like salad dressings, food containers, and condiments, so that multiple people are not handling the items. Limit contact with commonly touched surfaces or shared items. Use touchless garbage cans or pails. Use gloves when removing garbage bags or handling and disposing of trash. Wash hands after removing gloves. Clean and disinfect commonly touched surfaces and any shared items between use when feasible.

If you choose to use any shared items that are reusable (e.g., seating covers, tablecloths, linen napkins), wash, clean, and sanitize them after the event.

Using gyms or fitness centers
Prepare before you go

Use options for online reservations and check-in systems when available. Look for any extra prevention practices being implemented by the facility, such as new plexiglass barriers, staff wearing cloth face coverings, and closing of shared locker room space. Be prepared that locker room access may be limited to the restroom area only, prohibiting the use of shower and changing areas. Limit activity indoors, especially group activities.

Seek facilities with outdoor space or options for virtual classes and training sessions as much as possible. Limit attendance at indoor group training sessions. If you do attend such a session, maintain as much distance as possible between yourself and other individuals, and use cloth face coverings if they do not interfere with your activity. If you need to be indoors, open windows to increase airflow throughout the space. Use social distancing and limit physical contact

Maintain at least 6 feet of separation as much as possible in areas that may lead to close contact (within 6 feet) among other people, such as weight rooms, group fitness studios, pools and saunas, courts and fields, walking/running tracks, locker rooms, check-in areas, parking lots, and routes of entry and exit. Don’t shake hands, give high-fives, do elbow bumps, or touch others because close contact increases the risk of acquiring COVID-19. Take extra precautions with shared equipment. Ensure equipment is clean and disinfected. Wipe down machines and equipment with disinfecting wipes and use hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol before using machines. Do not share items that cannot be cleaned, sanitized, or disinfected between use, such as resistance bands and weightlifting belts.

Wear a cloth face covering

Wear a cloth face covering when interacting with other people to minimize the risk of transmitting the virus. Wearing cloth face coverings is most important when physical distancing is difficult and when exercise type and intensity allows. Consider doing any vigorous-intensity exercise outside when possible and stay at least 6 feet away from other participants, trainers, and clients if unable to wear a face covering. f possible, wear a face covering when walking on an indoor track or when doing stretching or low-intensity forms of yoga indoors. Wash your hands before adjusting your face covering—review information about proper use, removal, and washing of cloth face coverings.

Going to a nail salon
Make sure the nail technician and customer are both wearing a face covering.

Prepare for your appointment

Book services in advance to remove the need for waiting in a lobby with other people. If you must wait, maintain social distance. Before you go, call and ask if all staff are wearing cloth face coverings at work and if there are physical barriers to minimize risk of transmission (e.g., plexiglass barriers). If offered by the salon, wait in your car or outside until you can be contacted by mobile phone when it is your turn to be seen for an appointment. Wear a cloth face covering

Wear a cloth face covering at all times when inside the salon.
Wash hands often and limit contact with common surfaces or items. Wash your hands or use hand sanitizer immediately before receiving your service and after touching any common surfaces like curing lamps, countertops, doorknobs, toilets, tables, light switches, phones, faucets, sinks, and keyboards. Use cashless payment options when possible. If not available, ensure that cash and cards are handled with care by employees either by changing gloves between each transaction or with use of hand sanitizer between clients. Look for no-touch waste baskets at the cash registers and in the restrooms.