Derfor skal du holde afstand Warum Sie Abstand halten sollten Why you should keep your distance

Se lige den her animation. En opgørelse peger på - Check out this animation. One study suggests that

- at en person med Covid-19 smitter 2,6 andre, hvis vi opfører os, som vi plejer. - that one person with Covid-19 infects 2.6 others if we behave as we usually do.

Så kan det gå rigtig stærkt. That's when things can happen really quickly.

Men hvis hun arbejder hjemme, han ikke tager til fest - But if she works at home, he doesn't go to parties.

- hun ikke kørte med tog og han blev hjemme? Så ser det anderledes ud. - she didn't travel by train and he stayed at home? Then it looks different.

- Vi holder afstand ... og holder afstand. - Det gælder os alle sammen. - We keep our distance ... and keep our distance. - That goes for all of us.

Vi har fået det at vide mange gange, og med god grund. We've been told this many times, and with good reason.

Holder du afstand, mindsker du smitten og kan redde liv. If you keep your distance, you reduce infection and can save lives.

Der kan gå helt op til 12 dage, før en smittet får symptomer. It can take up to 12 days for an infected person to show symptoms.

I den periode smitter du. Du kan ikke vide, om du er smittet. During that period, you are infected. You can't know if you are infected.

Heller ikke selvom du føler dig frisk. Even if you're feeling well.

Så tager du på arbejde eller til fest, kan du hurtigt smitte andre. So if you go to work or a party, you can quickly infect others.

USA fandt ud af, at afstand var vigtigt allerede i 1918. The US realized that distance was important as early as 1918.

Her gjorde den spanske syge sit indtog. Mindst 17 mio. døde af sygdommen - This is where the Spanish flu made its appearance. At least 17 million died from the disease.

- den dødeligste pandemi i nyere tid. - the deadliest pandemic in recent history.

To byer reagerede forskelligt. I St. Louis holdt myndighederne folk adskilt. Two cities reacted differently. In St. Louis, authorities kept people separated.

De lukkede skoler og kirker, forbød forsamlinger og indførte karantæne. They closed schools and churches, banned assemblies and imposed quarantine.

I Philadelphia holdt de en kæmpe militærparade med 200.000 tilskuere - In Philadelphia, they held a huge military parade with 200,000 spectators

- så hospitalerne blev overfyldte - - so hospitals became overcrowded.

- og der døde langt flere end i St. Louis, som grafen viser. - and far more people died there than in St. Louis, as the graph shows.

Det er netop en flad kurve, vi forsøger at få her i Danmark. It is precisely a flat curve that we are trying to achieve here in Denmark.

Det er vigtigt, hvornår du får Corona. Bliver for mange smittet på én gang - When you get Corona is important. If too many people get infected at once.

- kan hospitalerne ikke følge med, og som sundhedsministeren har sagt - - hospitals can't keep up, and as the Minister of Health has said

- kan de resultere i, at ikke alle når at blive behandlet, og at nogle dør. - they can result in not everyone getting treated and some people dying.

Så får patienter med lungeproblemer og kræftpatienter ikke hjælp i tide. Then patients with lung problems and cancer patients don't get help in time.

De liv kan du være med til at redde ved at holde afstand. You can help save those lives by keeping your distance.

Vi mangler viden om Corona - We lack knowledge about Corona

- men det smitter mere end influenza. Én syg smitter ca. 2,6 personer. - but it's more contagious than the flu. One sick person infects approximately 2.6 people.

En med influenza smitter lidt over en person. Someone with the flu infects a little more than one person.

- Hold afstand. - Det skal ikke misforstås. - Keep your distance. - Don't take it the wrong way.

Med afstand får vi en fladere kurve, så ikke alt for mange bliver syge samtidig. With distance, we get a flatter curve, so not too many people get sick at the same time.