Also important: there are a lot of examples of media going out of their way to falsely represent beaches as crowded through use of lenses and angles. All that despite being outdoors much safer and completely inappropriate to represent high-risk for COVID. https://twitter.com/sarahtakesfotos/status/1299870154105389056 …
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I had stopped updating this thread (despite the occasional example) but come on. This is Australia's "paper of record". And the tone. "One group of five maskless sunbathers lay on towels with a six-pack of beer." Yeah, stop the presses and publish their photos!pic.twitter.com/rkUIT4uVhT
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Another retrospective paper that will get eventually written: "The deadly cost of closing parks and scolding beach-goers long after it became clear that it was not only among the safest activities people could do, it displaced riskier indoor socializing."https://twitter.com/BBCHughPym/status/1361981207706292225 …
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The year is 2157. As spring blooms, parks are cordoned off with tape—an annual ritual origins of which are lost to time. Some believe tape markings ward of the evil eye that brings on disease. Others think its bright yellow stimulates the immune system.
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What exactly *is* the reason outdoor events remain banned and shamed? (Transmission outdoors isn't just rare with distancing and precautions. It's.. just rare. Very few confirmed cases anywhere and not a single confirmed outdoor-only big cluster—after a whole year).
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Indeed. The picture is inappropriate and misleading (even though the article itself, thankfully, has no reference to outdoors being high risk). Visuals really, really matter and photo editors need to put a stop this. https://twitter.com/ericearling/status/1383813024960507908 …pic.twitter.com/LgPf0cHBxW
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"Beach shaming" - the latest trend!
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Unfortunately/ fortunately very few people in SF have air conditioning
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There is no AC in SF, but yeah closing the beach parking is dumb. Ocean beach is huge and allows for lots of social distancing.
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They closed the parking lots to discourage people from out of town from making a beach trip. Many coastal towns here are using the same strategy. They’re fine with locals getting to the beach, but don’t want an influx of tourists.
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Yep. This. I was at the beach in SF this weekend ( I live here) and there were plenty of people there, being safe and having fun. And yeah, no AC in SF, so being inside isn’t a viable alternative anyways.
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