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Coronavirus FAQ: Our mini-zine has advice on when & how to dial down COVID precautions

Cases are surging in some regions but dropping in many places. If you're in the latter situation, is it OK to go back to living as you did pre-pandemic? Print our handy zine with advice from experts.
Print and fold <strong><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yMthdPuJrkFva-vce7xOYRPNP3aUB5Ti/view?usp=sharing">a zine version of this comic</a></strong> here. Here are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixqr9e3wCxI"><strong>directions</strong></a> on how to fold it.

We regularly answer frequently asked questions about life during the coronavirus crisis. If you have a question you'd like us to consider for a future post, email us at goatsandsoda@npr.org with the subject line: "Weekly Coronavirus Questions." See an archive of our FAQs here.

I live in a place where case counts are dropping. I know they could go back up again, but in the meantime, what COVID precautions are advisable (if any) and what precautions can be put on hold?

First things first: The pandemic isn't over. The current surge in Hong Kong, for instance, has produced the highest reported death rate over the past two-plus years of COVID.

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