often focused on people at higher risk rather than treating every person as having exactly the same risk.
The Bigger Picture
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way millions of people think about infectious disease.
It also changed how quickly medical information spreads.
Unfortunately, that information does not always spread accurately.
A single photograph.
A dramatic headline.
A personal story.
A screenshot of someone’s test result.
A viral post can travel around the world before anyone has checked what it actually proves.
One person’s experience can be real without proving a
