Tool to assess Covid risk levels of specific activities where you live!

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Check out this helpful set of tools to assess your Covid risks.
(I did a search and have not seen this previously posted, so, please forgive if it has be posted already.)
Enjoy!

https://www.microcovid.org

The calculator tab "lets you estimate COVID risk and find effective safety measures for customizable situations. Examples: how risky is a trip to my grocery store? What's the safest way to see a friend? How much would it help to wear a better mask at my workplace?"

the Risk Tracker tab "The microCOVID Risk Tracker is a spreadsheet that lets you estimate the risk of getting COVID from an activity or relationship in your daily life, using the best research available."

[Native]

1. How come a plane ride with everyone wearing masks is an extremely high risk event?

Everything I've read says otherwise. Not that I trust what I've read, LOL, just don't understand the disconnect.

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2. It seems like...

Some of the activities I have tried have surprised me. Seems like the confidence I have, even in N95 mask does not seem to play out as 'safe' as I would like.

I also hope they will update to indicate if you (or others in your interaction) have a vaccine or not. Does not seem like they have that parameter added in yet.

[d_r]

3. On that calculator

It is because of the number of people in close proximity. The baseline risk of airplane is set to 1/6 the risk of general indoors. So if you had that many people that close in grocery store the risk z as estimated on that calculator, would be higher.

[mahina]

4. I don't know but in a confined space after 15 minutes there's enough shared breath to make masks

moot, so I guess in a big can with a bunch of people it's the same but scaled up.

[Shermann]

5. I put in "Going to Covid party"

[Native]

7. SoLol

[UpInArms]

6. Thank you

For posting this

[crickets]

8. K&R for visibility.