COVID-19 Decision Tools

Know if you have a high-risk factor for severe COVID-19. Be ready with a plan. And, if you test positive, act fast.

Created by epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard, and a group of volunteers from across the technology industry, Outbreaks Near Me uses crowdsourced data to visualize maps to help citizens and public health agencies identify current and potential hotspots for COVID-19 and influenza.

Know when illness is spreading and what to do about it. Our aim is to create the most accurate picture of what illnesses are going around your local area, so that you can make the best possible decisions about your health.

A Decision-Support Tool That Lets You Know When To Get Tested For Covid-19

This app helps users understand how mitigation measures affect the indoors transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The estimated risk percentage should be treated with great caution! Many of the model inputs are very uncertain. Thus, the user should see how risk of infection decreases or increases by using face masks, by improving ventilation, etc. It is assumed that hands are washed and that individuals are far apart from each other — that is, the risk of short-range transmission by droplets/aerosol is not included and might be significant.

There is a moral urgency to protect all students & staff, including those who are most vulnerable. We put together a toolkit to help communities sort out fact from fiction & advocate for a safe, healthy learning environment for everyone.

Rapid Tests is an all-volunteer group advocating for rapid tests to be made legal and widely available in our communities. 

This is a growing collection of information, curated from the growing pool of COVID prevention resources created by various experts. It is a living document, and a work in progress.

Use this tool to learn how you can decrease the level of COVID-19 virus particles during and after a guest visits your home.

A brief guide for gatherings and call for disability solidarity, created in partnership with What Would an HIV Doula Do?

Information on why COVID safety still matters and how to do it well, as well as some responses to what you might be feeling as you read this page.