#julia marcus

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If we think back to March, there was some very binary thinking going on around two options. One was: Let’s just stay home until there’s a vaccine. And the other was: Let’s just go back to business as usual. Of course, there’s a million things in between; risk is not binary. I think we’ve gotten out of some of that binary thinking. But, in a way, I think we have unfortunately continued to apply binary thinking, not just to staying at home versus business as usual, but also to masks to schools to Sweden, you name it. Any hot button topic right now has become dichotomized in a way that I find really concerning, especially around scientific decision-making and also for people making everyday decisions who are trying to navigate this. There has to be nuance in all this, and I feel like nuance died sometime in March.

How to think about coronavirus risk in your life  - Vox

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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.

PSA. Long interview that may help bring some clarity to your decisions.

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The Atlantic:  We Need to Talk About Ventilation — How is it that six months into a respiratory pandemic, we are still doing so little to mitigate airborne transmission?

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‘Risk isn’t binary’: Harvard professor on how to safely avoid quarantine fatigue

Epidemiologist Julia Marcus and Chris Hayes discuss how to reemerge into the world slowly, cautiously, and safely by understanding the spectrum of risk.