COVID-19 is surging across the US and Europe. Here are the 9 most common mistakes people make when trying to protect themselves from the virus.

Forget about shaming others for their chin masks and getaways. There are 9 things you can likely improve upon in your own COVID-19 playbook.

A restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands offers safe “quarantine greenhouses” in which guests can dine, May 5, 2020. Health experts stress such setups are only safe if you’re using them with people already in your household or social pod. Photo: Eva Plevier/Reuters

By Hilary Brueck

Coronavirus case counts are surging to never-before seen highs across the US and Europe.

“We’re in for a whole lot of hurt — It’s not a good situation,” America’s leading disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, recently told the Washington Post.

The numbers of new daily cases being tallied now exceeds 4,500 in at least five US states. In addition to the recent uptick in the US, surges are also being seen around the world, with dramatic upswings recorded in the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and India in recent days.

But spotting a chin mask at the park or someone not spending a full 30 seconds scrubbing their hands shouldn’t be your greatest concerns.

“This now is going to take a lot of personal responsibility, and a lot of personal risk calculation by individuals, which we tend to not be very good at,” Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security told…