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COVID 19 Vocab

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  • What is curfew?
    It is when people are NOT allowed to leave their homes during certain hours.
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  • What is quarantine?
    It is when sick people are kept away from other people to stop a disease from spreading.
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  • What is self-isolate?
    It is staying at home and not being in contact with other people for a period of time if you have a doubt whether you have the virus or not.
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  • What is shielding?
    It is people at high-risk protecting themselves by not leaving their homes and minimising all face-to-face contact. 
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  • What is social distancing?
    It is avoiding close contact with people, to slow down the spread of a disease.
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  • What is a superspreader?
    It is an asymptomatic person who spreads the disease to many others.
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  • What is lockdown?
    It's a situation where people are told to stay at home due to an emergency.
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  • What is a mask?
    It's a piece of fibre or cloth that fits over the nose and mouth protect other people from the wearer's germs and/or the wearer from germs in the air.
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  • What is an outbreak?
    It is a sudden occurrence of a disease (or other unpleasant thing).
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  • What is a pandemic?
    It is an occurance (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants.
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  • What is a covidiot?
    It is someone ignoring public health advice.
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  • What is a coronacoaster?
    It is the ups and downs of a person’s mood, or life generally, during the coronavirus pandemic.
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  • What is a covideo party?
    It is an online party held via Zoom, Jitsi etc.
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  • What is covexit?
    It is the strategy for exiting lockdown.
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  • What is a bubble?
    It is a group of people who have a lot of contact with each other but limited contact with people outside the group, e.g. as a way to avoid spreading disease.
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