Social-distancing Q. & A.

“How to Practice Social Distancing,” questions from The New Yorker, answers from Asaf Bitton, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. An excerpt:

Going outside in and of itself doesn’t increase the risk. It is really proximity to other human beings, and specifically to their secretions — their sneezes and droplets. So the recommendation is to please go outside if you can. Please take walks, please bike, with a helmet. Interact with your family members outside. But really the key is don’t interact with people outside of your home unit — whoever you are already in close contact with.

Dr. Bitton’s “Social Distancing: This Is Not a Snow Day” is now available as a PDF.