COVID-19 Unmasked : World Scientific Publishing : 9789811233593 : 9811233594 : 21 Mar 2021 : How can we keep up with the deluge of information about COVID-19 and tell which parts are most important and trustworthy? We read: ""Scientists recommend"", ""Experts warn"", ""A new model predicts"". How do scientific experts come up with their recommendations? What do their predictions really mean for us, for our friends, and our families? How can we make rational decisions? And how can we have sensible conversations about the pandemic when we disagree? These are the questions that this book is trying to address. It is written in the form of dialogues. Alice, a student of epidemiology, explains the science to three of her fellow students who have a lot of questions for her. The students have the same concerns that we all share to varying degrees: What the pandemic is doing to our health, our economy, and our cherished freedoms. In their conversations, they discover how the science relates to