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For decades, public health experts have recognized a strategy called “harm reduction” to address problems including HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases and the use of alcohol and other licit and illicit drugs.

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic provides a new context in which to exercise the harm reduction strategy. Public health strategies must differentiate between higher‐​risk and lower‐​risk activities, support low‐​risk activities, and seek ways to reduce overall risk. What does harm reduction for pandemics look like?

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