Five years later, Dr. Nirav Shah talks about lessons learned during COVID

Five years later, Dr. Nirav Shah talks about lessons learned during COVID

Dr. Nirav Shah is back home in Maine, preparing to teach public health at Colby College.

But the pandemic created conditions that allowed us to gain insight into human behavior. Some results were surprising, others confirmed what we had long suspected. The New York Times brought a summary of 15 lessons. 1. Flu season may not be so terrible During the pandemic, the flu almost disappeared. The reason? People wore masks, washed their hands, and did not go out when they were sick. A few simple measures are enough and the incidence of il…