Here are my Covid 5-Ps of risk assessment
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Like most people who have been vaccinated, I’ve been recalibrating my Covid risk tolerance: What activities can I safely reactivate? What venues can I visit? What mix of people to beware?
Nudged by a New York Times article headlined What Can You Do Once You’re Vaccinated?, I’ve distilled down to my personal 5-Ps of Covid risk (or safety):
1. PREVALENCE
- Community contagion?
- Herd immunization?
2. PLACE (Venue)
- Outdoors or indoors?
- Ventilation? Shields?
- Cleanliness? Sanitation?
3. PASTIME (Activity)
- Intensity: Sweat? Spray?
- Duration: Brief? Prolonged?
4. PEOPLE (Crowd)
- Density: How many? How packed?
- Familiarity: F&F? Strangers?
- Behaviors: Known? Apparent?
5. PRECAUTIONS (Personal)
- Healthy?
- Vaccinated?
- Masked?
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Some common sense hints
- Watch local case & vaccination rates
- Don’t frequent likely hot spots.
- Avoid crowds of strangers
- Don’t linger – keep moving
- Enjoy the outdoors
- Exercise at home.
- Distance from close talkers
- Wear a mask (just in case)
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DISCLAIMER: I’m not a medical professional or scientist — just a curious, self-interested guy. So, don’t take anything that I say or write as medical advice. Get that from your doctor!
The Homa Files 
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