The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Making Decisions in a Pandemic

A framework from two epidemiologists

People enjoy the beach amid the coronavirus pandemic in Huntington Beach, California on April 25, 2020. Photo: APU GOMES/Getty Images

Co-authored by JoLynn Montgomery, PhD, MPH

In many communities in the United States, government restrictions designed to curtail the spread of Covid-19 are being lifted, despite rising rates of infection. Many of the messages to the public about how seriously to take…