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March 13, 2020

Stay Home If You’re Sick!

Staying Safe
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor

Continuing the Nerdy Girl Malia top 10 things to do right now to prevent COVID-19: So, duh! Stay home if you’re sick! (TBH, we’re sort of recommending you stay home regardless at this point, but staying home if you’re experiencing symptoms is a must!) If your work situation makes this difficult to impossible, speak up Read more…

March 13, 2020

Clean High-Touch Surfaces

Staying Safe
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor

You definitely want to pay some extra cleaning attention to “high-touch“ surfaces in your house and office – the door knobs, the faucet handles, the keyboards (😩😖). Clorox wipes are great. Also give that phone a good clean at least every day.

March 13, 2020

Importance of Social Distancing

Socializing Staying Safe
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor

Hey, friends. We don’t know how many different way to say it: The social distancing thing is so important right now. If you find yourself wanting to ask us “what about…“ [your trip to see your grandparents, your kids’ performance, your weekend away…], you can be 100% confident that Those Nerdy Girls will say to Read more…

March 13, 2020

Canceling Plans

Socializing Staying Safe
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor

We’re guessing everyone reading this had something canceled today, or, worse, had to be the one doing the canceling. So much bummer. Please know it was a good decision, it *really* helps slow the train down on new cases. You’ve probably heard “flatten the curve” more times than you want. But the social distancing really Read more…

March 13, 2020

Don’t Touch Your Face!

Staying Safe
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor

Another no brainer, but seriously, this is NOT easy. But super important so virus on hands doesn’t get into eyes, nose, mouth.

March 13, 2020

Just wash the hands!

Staying Safe
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor

Yeah, super basic. Just wash the hands. Wash them so much. Sing whatever song you like. Help the kiddos wash theirs.

March 13, 2020

The Start of Those Nerdy Girls

Uncategorized
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor

Read Nerdy Girl Malia’s “What I Think About COVID-19 this morning” letter that got this all started.

March 13, 2020

Social Contact Budget

Socializing Staying Safe
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor

Those Nerdy Girls offer their three cents on social distancing: if you imagine the amount of social contact you normally have in a day as $1.00, you should be reducing that to about $0.03 now — a 97% reduction. Save it for the crucial things — grocery store run, etc. Yes, we know this is Read more…

March 13, 2020

Dr. Malia Jones in The Cap Times

Staying Safe Travel
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor

And the other Nerdy Girl (Dr. Malia Jones) tells it like it is. (Warning: Explicit language!)

March 13, 2020

Dr. Buttenheim on Social Distancing

Socializing Staying Safe
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor

One Nerdy Girl got to talk about social distancing on the Tradeoffs podcast today. FUN!

March 13, 2020

Closing Schools

School
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor

Those Nerdy Girls are big time supporters of closing schools. AND…that causes a lot of additional problems and inconveniences. If you have the flexibility and resources to help, try to do so!

March 13, 2020

Cancel Everything Now

Socializing Staying Safe
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor

Those Nerdy Girls are bigly endorsing #canceleverythingnow. Yes, cancel with care — make sure the vulnerable aren’t made more so by the cancellations. But things are moving FAST with this outbreak, and (along with testing, please!!!) social distancing is the most powerful tool we’ve got to #flattenthecurve.

March 13, 2020

Data on Reducing Social Contacts

Data and Metrics Socializing
Alison Buttenheim, PhD MBA, Co-founder & Advisor

We’re more meme than monograph here but this picture is worth a zillion words. See how much we can reduce #COVID19 cases when we reduce social contact by 👍25%, 👍👍50%, and 👍👍👍75%?!? This is exactly why we suggest not going on that trip, to that event, etc, and encourage workplaces and schools to go remote. Read more…

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