In an interview with Katie Couric’s Wake-Up Call newsletter, Dr. Sandro Galea, an epidemiologist and dean of Boston University’s School of Public Health, and co-author of PAINED: Uncomfortable Conversations About the Public’s Health, discussed his views on various issues surrounding the Covid pandemic.
Best ways to prevent Covid infection
To the question, “What are the best ways to prevent an infection?” he replied: “Fundamentally being away from people inside — distancing from people when you’re inside. That means staying physically away and protecting yourself from people coughing on you. The infection has spread person to person, so if you keep your distance from other people, you’re less likely to get an infection. And principally inside, the evidence is that outside transmission is actually quite unusual.”