Christopher F. Rufo  ⚔️

I want to go on record with obvious point: large gatherings of people facilitate spread of contagious disease. The *reason* for the gathering (whether street protests for a cause I support, or GOP convention, or a sporting event) is not material to the spread of the virus. 1/

At a *minumum,* such gatherings should involve harm reduction techniques (such as masks, no tear gas, no shouting, etc.). Also, transmission opportunities rise supra-linearly with group size. So gathering of 250,000 people >>worse than 50,000 >>>>worse than 30 people. 2/