Mikaela Shiffrin urges social distancing in post on coronavirus

On Sunday night time, Mikaela Shiffrin took to social media to share a robust, emotional message about kindness, cleanliness and the accountability of society. The five-and-a-half minute video and the accompanying put up may be seen on the ski racer’s Fb and Instagram pages.

Her put up particulars the significance of private hygiene to assist fight the unfold of COVID-19 within the Rocky Mountains of Colorado — and the world — and the significance of being form to 1 one other.

Shiffrin pleads with viewers to observe cleanliness, social distancing and tackle the accountability of talking up when individuals in the neighborhood aren’t following these controllable actions.

“You by no means know what somebody goes by means of,” Shiffrin mentioned. “This sort of stress and panic that has been going round tends to amplify private strife, so be form. Stand collectively — individually.”

Full textual content from right here Fb put up:

“It’s loopy to me that there are STILL individuals on the market saying that is just a few fluky factor and never overlaying their mouths once they cough or sneeze. Satirically these all the time appear to be the primary individuals to complain about all of the inconveniences they’re going through, whereas not doing something to mitigate the unfold… I’ve seen so many heartbreaking tales of aged being scared to go to the shop to get primary requirements understanding that they’re a lot extra inclined to Covid-19 than the youthful, more healthy inhabitants. On the identical time, I’ve seen heartwarming tales of individuals stepping as much as assist and attain out to verify their aged neighbors get what they want and keep protected. However the truth is primary private hygiene continues to be missing, which implies there’s extra we are able to do to regulate the unfold. Which in flip retains our family members, mother and father, grandparents, buddies, household, and neighbors protected. So let’s do it. Preserve spreading the phrase, for each individual you remind about washing and overlaying and distancing (and for each time you do this stuff your self) you may basically be saving 3 individuals from doable an infection. These are fairly nice odds, don’t you assume? #FlattenTheCurve”

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