Lower Your Covid Risk

Getting through this pandemic is essentially an exercise in risk management - Allison Schrager

Lower Your Covid Risk

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Three Steps for Safe Living

The most effective public health messages don’t merely tell people what not to do. They also tell people what they can do with only a small amount of risk.

This sometimes feels counterintuitive, because it gives people permission to take some risks, rather than urging maximum safety all the time. In the long run, though, a more realistic approach is actually the safer one, many experts say.

Human beings are social creatures. Most aren’t going to sit inside their houses for months on end. And pretending otherwise tends to backfire. It leads people to ignore public health advice and take needlessly big risks. “We need different, more nuanced, and more practical messaging…

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 Three Steps for Safe Living

The most effective public health messages don’t merely tell people what not to do. They also tell people what they can do with only a small amount of risk.

5 tips for ventilation to reduce COVID risk at home and work

There are some simple measures you can take, both at home and at work, to improve ventilation...

CDC

Three Important Ways to Slow the Spread Wear a mask to protect yourself and others and stop the spread of COVID-19. Stay at least 6 feet (about 2 arm lengths) from others who don’t live with you. Avoid crowds. The more people you are in contact with, the more likely you are to be exposed to COVID-19.

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The best way to prevent or decrease your risk of COVID-19 infection is to avoid contacting infected people and the places they have visited. Infected people can help minimize the chance of infecting other people by strict quarantine procedures that keep the infection isolated from others.

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