‘We’re Nowhere Near Where We Need to Be’

Time to reopen? A conversation with Stanford epidemiologist Dr. Steven Goodman.

People wait in line in Prospect Park to receive free face masks in Brooklyn, New York on May 3, 2020. Photo:
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Are they crazy?

That’s my visceral reaction as I watch the evening news and see crowds of people mingling freely in places that are easing their Covid-19 restrictions. I feel as if I’m watching a horror movie and I already know the…