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Resources for your health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic

Get the facts about COVID-19

Prepare yourself and your family by getting informed about COVID-19 and about what you can do to stay safe and healthy and help prevent the virus from spreading.

Identify and avoid COVID-19

Identify and avoid COVID-19

COVID-19, a cold, or the flu? Learn how to tell the difference
  • What you need to know about COVID-19 subvariant BA.2
  • Why you should avoid omicron, even if you’re vaccinated
  • Don't forget the 3 Cs and 3 Ws
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Get Vaccinated
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Worried you're sick? Get tested

How to Protect Yourself and Stay Safe

Face masks are a great way to keep you and others safe out in the community. We even joined a national initiative to encourage mask wearing around the U.S.

Wear your mask correctly to protect yourself and others:

ABOVE THE NOSE. UNDER THE CHIN. PULLED TIGHT.

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Illustration of a person correctly wearing a face mask.

Face mask how-to

Why should you wear a face mask? What is the proper way to put on and take off a face mask? For some of us, wearing a face mask is second nature. But for others, wearing a mask can feel awkward and maybe a little uncomfortable.

Use these resources to learn how to incorporate face coverings into your routine and help stop COVID-19.

Choosing the right mask for you

How to properly put on and take off a face mask

Avoid these five common mistakes when wearing a face mask

Do face masks make you retain carbon dioxide?

Are face masks safe?

Do face masks impede your breathing or make you retain carbon dioxide (CO2)? Intensive Care Unit physician Greg Schmidt, MD, settles the argument for us.

Get vaccinated, wash your hands, stay physically distant

There are more ways to stop the outbreak once you've mastered masking. Use these resources to make sure you're stopping the spread whenever you can.

Stop and think of all the areas that you touch throughout the day; door handles, light switches, and elevator buttons. Know that others are touching them too.

See how germs spread from our hands to other places, and how to prevent this spread, with infection preventionist Kyle Jenn, RN.

Clean to keep COVID-19 away 

In addition to washing your hands often, covering your coughs and sneezes, and social distancing, keeping other "high touch" items clean is important to prevent the spread.

Take care of your loved ones 

Do you have a relative who needs to be extra careful? These resources can help you and your family understand what you need to be concerned about based on their condition.

Swiss cheese and COVID-19 vaccines?

Why Swiss cheese? The key is layers. While there are holes in slices of Swiss cheese, by combining the slices, we get a layered approach that leads to fewer holes. The same is true for COVID-19 prevention strategies.

Take care of your mind and body

UI Health Care experts share strategies for maintaining mental health while dealing with the major life changes that we are all facing during the pandemic.

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Stay active, relieve stress

  • Staying active during COVID-19
  • Watch our Community Seminars
  • Health care employee wellness seminars
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Don't neglect your mental health

Humans aren’t meant to be in isolation. We evolved in groups, and we thrive by being around others. So social distancing or home isolation can be really hard, especially over long periods of time.

  • Need to talk? Consider COVID Recovery Iowa
  • Follow these tips to take care of your brain
  • Watch Stacey Pawlak, PhD discuss mental health during COVID-19

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