Lower Your Covid Risk
Getting through this pandemic is essentially an exercise in risk management - Allison Schrager
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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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Going Out and Worried About Covid Safety? There’s a Calculator for That
Age + vaccination status + number of guests + ZIP code + activity = Should I even leave the house?
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A New Wave of Covid-19 Is Coming. Here’s How to Prepare.
Taking these seven steps now can lower your risk and minimize the disruption to your family’s life.
Living with Covid-19
As has been the case throughout the pandemic, everyone’s risk calculus will be different, and no activity is totally risk-free. But we have some advice from experts about how they’re thinking about risk, and what it will take to go back to “normal.”
We have to accept some risk of Covid-19
The coronavirus may never truly go away.
Your covid-19 risk: How to navigate this new world of uncertainty
Baffling statistics and their impact on our emotions can make it hard to evaluate risk in this pandemic. But there are simple steps you can take to put risk in context and feel more confident in your decisions.
How to Reduce Your Risk of PTSD in a Post-Covid-19 World
It’s normal to feel a sense of hopelessness and loneliness in these times. But there are proven and proactive ways for you to get through it.
Taking A Trip To Visit Grandparents Or Older Relatives? Tips To Reduce The Risk
What you do during the visit also matters. Avoid crowds, and stick to outdoor activities as much as possible.
You can manage your covid-19 risk by setting your own ‘contact budget’
When it comes to covid-19, we all have different levels of risk we're comfortable with. Setting a weekly "contact budget" can make it easier to decide which risks are worth taking, says epidemiologist Eleanor Murray.
Your covid-19 risk: How to navigate this new world of uncertainty
Baffling statistics and their impact on our emotions can make it hard to evaluate risk in this pandemic. But there are simple steps you can take to put risk in context and feel more confident in your decisions.
How to think about coronavirus risk in your life
A Harvard epidemiologist offers a framework for making key life decisions while also managing pandemic risk.
How Do You Even Calculate COVID-19 Risk Anymore?
If you are immunocompromised, elderly or have an underlying medical condition (or live with anyone who fits into these categories), you’re working with a different set of variables than someone who is younger and healthier.
How to lower your coronavirus risk while eating out: Restaurant advice from an infectious disease expert
Two of the most important public health measures for keeping illnesses to a minimum are nearly impossible in these situations: First, it’s hard to eat or drink while wearing a face mask. Second, social distancing is difficult in tight spaces normally filled with back-to-back seating and servers who weave among the busy tables all evening long. So, what should you look out for, and how can you and the restaurant reduce the risk?
It's time to recalculate your COVID 'risk budget.' Here's how
His advice: take time to immerse yourself in this new context, acknowledge the emotions you are feeling, and accept there is still come risk.
This Calculator Estimates Your Risk of Getting Covid-19
The online tool draws on recent data to approximate your chances of contracting the virus in different scenarios.
Vaccination cuts the risk of long COVID in half
New research from the UK shows that breakthrough infections are not only rarer, but also less likely to persist.
What Science Knows Now About the Risk of Covid-19 Transmission on Planes
New research has uncovered when chances are higher, including during meal service. Overall risks appear to remain relatively low, but newer variants may change that equation.
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.
MedicineNet
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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