What I Read: Covid-19, Most of Us Have Risk Exactly Backward

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/opinion/coronavirus-schools-tradeoffs.html

When It Comes to Covid-19, Most of Us Have Risk Exactly Backward
We aren’t very good at discussing trade-offs, but we need to make some during this pandemic.
Aaron E. Carroll
Aug. 28, 2020


“My daughter argues that as long as she’s seeing all of her friends together in school, they should be able to gather together in their houses as well. Unfortunately, she has risk exactly backward…. as we loosen restrictions in some areas, we should be increasing restrictions in others. If kids are going to take on more risk at school, they should find ways to be even safer outside of it.”