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Think long and hard before deciding to meet up with friends or family. Your own health is a priority, and you want to be considerate of others, too.
Contracting COVID-19 is a lot about the company you keep, explains Stephen Berger, MD, infectious disease expert, and co-founder of GIDEON (Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network). But the places you go can make a difference, too.
“Infectious material enters our body through our mouth or nose — either because you were within a few feet of a human carrier, or because something brought this material to the area of our face,” Dr. Berger says.