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Monday, January 25, 2021

What’s your risk of catching COVID?

Several tools have been developed to help predict the chance of infection and illness depending on what you’re doing and where you are.

Since January 2020, millions have struggled with questions about what is and isn't safe to do during the pandemic.

These COVID risk calculators below can assist users while Scientists and clinicians are still learning about the epidemiology and pathology of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

COVID risk calculators

Tool

Data it collects from the user

What it returns

19 and Me

Location, health status, safety precautions being taken and exposure to non-household members.

Numerical score reflecting risk of contracting COVID-19, or of developing severe disease.

MyCOVIDRisk

Location, the nature of the activity being done, the number of people involved and mask usage.

Relative risk of exposure and infection, on a scale from very low to very high.

COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool

Location and size of gathering.

The likelihood of coming into contact with someone who has COVID-19.

COVID-19 Mortality Risk Calculator

Information on demographic, pre-existing conditions and lifestyle.

Risk of dying from COVID-19 relative to the general population.

The full article published in Nature.com can be read here

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