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Parents: Take social distancing seriously and limit playdates, other activities, experts say

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN

"We're not asking people to be hermits, go home, lock the door and crawl under the bed," said Vanderbilt infectious disease expert Dr. William Schaffner. "We're being asked to do whatever we can to spread some distance between us."

(CNN)Reconsider group playdates, parents. Think twice about letting your kids play soccer with friends. Avoid the local playground jungle gyms and monkey bars.

"There is evidence corona viruses can live on plastic and metal for up to nine days," said Dr. Asaf Bitton, a primary care physician and executive director of Ariadne Labs, a joint health system innovation center at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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