S1E34 / Hands-On / Nicola Corl, Shannon Adams, Latia Curtis

EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder

KFF Health News and Just Human Productions

Science, #Coronavirus, Health & Fitness, #Smallpox, Documentary, #Covid19, #Sarscov2, #Eradication, Life Sciences, Society & Culture, #Covid, Medicine

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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“They say, you need to keep a minimum of six feet distance between people, but we're usually within 10 inches of our clients for the entire time that they are in the salon. The biggest risk is when you're in extended or prolonged, rather contact with somebody and the CDC defines that as more than 15 minutes. I don't know if you've ever had a haircut that took less than 15 minutes, but generally speaking, we cannot social distance from our clients.” - Nicola Corl With the economy re-opening, many workers in America are choosing between protecting their own health and protecting their businesses. This is particularly striking for hands-on workers - like hairstylist Nicola Corl, make-up artist Latia Curtis, and massage therapist Shannon Adams - who cannot work from home or socially distance from their clients. In today’s episode, Dr. Celine Gounder speaks with Nicola, Latia, and Shannon, about how coronavirus has impacted their industries, and how they have personally balanced business and health during the pandemic. Nominations for the 2020 People's Choice Podcast Awards opened on July 1st. To show your support, please go to podcastawards.com and nominate us in the People’s Choice and Health categories. This podcast was created by Just Human Productions. We're powered and distributed by Simplecast. We're supported, in part, by listeners like you. #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Annabel Chen. I'm an intern working with Just Human Productions on Epidemic.
0:06.0	Nominations for the 2020 People's Choice Podcast Awards open on July 1st.
0:10.7	To show your support, please go to podcast awards.com and nominate us in the People's Choice and Health
0:16.0	categories. That's podcast awards. Thank you. I'm Dr. Saline Gounder and this is epidemic.
0:35.0	Today is Friday, July 10th. Okay, next we have a question that I think many listeners are beginning to have in
0:49.2	states that are opening back up. Scarlet in Kansas writes with hair salons opening up here in Kansas,
0:55.0	I and others are wondering if it is safe to get a haircut.
0:58.0	It is not possible to social distance with your hairdresser.
1:02.0	Would it be safe if the stylist wore not just a mask but a face
1:05.2	shield or is it better to wait? If so, until when, how do we know when it is safe to get a haircut?
1:10.7	What would you tell Scarlet?
1:12.0	Back in May, I participated in an NPR call-in show about coronavirus, hosted by all things considered
1:18.6	host Ari Shapiro.
1:20.2	In terms of getting your haircut, you know, is that essential? There's different
1:25.7	ways to look at that. If you're really worried about your hairdresser, you know, in their
1:30.3	livelihood, maybe you send her a check in a card as opposed to, you know, keeping her
1:36.0	business going by getting a haircut.
1:37.7	I was going to say, it's hard for me to think of when getting a haircut would be essential
1:42.0	if they feel important, but all right,
1:44.9	well here's our next listener dilemma from Angela in California.
1:47.6	And there was someone who had called in,
1:50.2	asked, is it safe to go get a haircut and your very simple answer was no and for us
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