Read on Twitter
Contrary to recent reports by the New York Times, epidemiologists are NOT using calendars to decide when we will fly, hug, or do 18 other everyday activities again. READ MORE at https://rb.gy/9k4na0
We make them based on:
1) The amount of COVID-19 in our specific community, which can only be known with accurate, widespread testing;
2) Which protective measures are adopted by other people in our community, reflecting public health and political responses;
1) The amount of COVID-19 in our specific community, which can only be known with accurate, widespread testing;
2) Which protective measures are adopted by other people in our community, reflecting public health and political responses;
3) The availability of safe, effective, affordable, and widely-used treatments and vaccines;
4) The risk of severe disease to ourselves and others around us.
4) The risk of severe disease to ourselves and others around us.
Personal and local circumstances change every day, so we reassess our decisions regularly.
Signed by 530 epidemiologists and public health experts.
Signed by 530 epidemiologists and public health experts.
