When epidemiologists said they expect to do these activities in their personal lives, assuming the pandemic and response unfold as they expect Activities they said they might start doing soon This summer 3 to 12 mos. These are the personal opinions of a group of 511 epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists who were asked by The New York Times when they expect to resume 20 activities of daily life, assuming that the pandemic and the public health response to it unfold as they expect. Some said they would refrain from nearly all of the 20 activities until a vaccine for the virus had been widely distributed. Epidemiologists say they are making decisions based on publicly available data for their region on things like infections and testing. “Our concern is that your multiple choice options are based only on calendar time,” 301 epidemiologists wrote in a letter.

Source: New York Times June 08, 2020 09:01 UTC