This is your risk of catching Covid-19 where you are
Calculate your chances of contracting the coronavirus in a crowd near you.
Anew tool Can predict your risk of contracting the coronavirus, based on the size of the meeting and where you are in the country.
This is the claim of his inventor Joshua Weitz, professor of biological sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
"We are trying to communicate real-time risks so that people understand that there are regions of the country where the risk is high and reinforces that it is necessary to wear masks and make them think twice to know whether This interior collection is essential, "said WeitzNBC 7 San Diego.
For example, here are the chances of a person in a crowd of 100 Ait coronavirus in the following cities:
- New York City: 40%
- Los Angeles: 97%
- Boston: 65%
- Des Moines, Iowa: 92%
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida: more than 99%
The risk increases with the size of the group
The tool uses data from national public health departments and can be adjusted to the size of a theoretical gathering.
In comparison, the risk of becoming Covid-19 of a group of ten people from Des Moines is 22% and Fort Lauderdale, it is 75%.
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Weitz hopes that the tool can help local leaders determine when and how to reopen public spaces. "Why is our county worse than in another? Do we do something different? Yes, people want to restart the economy and give open objects, but give community members the protections They deserve and need to stay safe, "Weitz said.
Avoid big gatherings is the key
The port of masks and to avoid large gatherings are two key advice on official health advice repeatedly for coronavirus protection. On July 1, Mr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and a key member of the Coronavirus Working Group of the White House, said the transmission Inner-people "gathering in bars, gathering in crowds, people meet in a way celebrated without wearing masks" -HAD largely elsewhere led to the thrust of this summer in cases of Covid-19.
As of August 7, the United States had recorded more than 4.8 million cases of coronavirus infection and 159,000 bound deaths.
How can you stay healthy
As for yourself, do everything you can to prevent recovery and propagation-Covid-19: mask, make yourself test if you think they have coronaviruses, avoid crowds (and bars and evenings of the house ), Practice social distance, only manage essential races, wash your hands regularly, disinfect frequently affected areas and to cross this pandemic with your healthier, do not miss these37 places you are most likely to catch coronavirus.
