You've checked your temperature. Now, for your risk tolerance

If we want to get out of our bunkers, we need to take stock of how much risk we can live with

A man getting tested for Covid-19 at a pop-up testing booth at Revere Beach in Massachusetts earlier this month. As states and cities engineer sensible reopening policies, everyone is going to have to assess their risk tolerance and cautiously push their personal boundaries bit by bit, says the writer.
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(NYTIMES) As some parts of America gingerly begin to open up after months of near-total lockdown, people have questions. Will it be safe to take a train? A plane? Visit the hair salon? An indoor restaurant?

There are many knowable parameters in the equation: your health, the prevalence of cases where you live, the safety precautions being taken at any place you want to visit. But the final answer may depend on your individual risk tolerance for exposure to infectious disease.

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