Nope. It was a maskless and prolonged indoor event. We just got more media pictures from the outdoors portion because... looking for keys under the light is easier. (Outdoor transmission isn't impossible. Just really rare and much harder). https://twitter.com/Maxtropolitan/status/1363505037410975745 …
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To the people telling me about the Sturgis rally. Forget the trad/social media moral panic—and the speculative reporting & headlines. We have actual papers. The event had a huge indoor component & what spread we do know happened in restaurants/workplaces. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6947e1.htm#T1_down …pic.twitter.com/cD8jDxLZpM
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I don't know. It's not impossible but to me, it looks less likely than it did in early January—more data. Cases down, vaccinations up, seasonality in our favor. I support sensible precautions (go outdoors! wear masks indoors!) & vaccinating as fast we can.https://twitter.com/myellin2/status/1363520782987649026 …
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Predictions beyond a month or so are hard (too many variables interacting/too many unknowns) but here's what we do know. Things ARE absolutely looking up. But we're not out of the woods yet. But there are many things we *can* do more safely now, and even more after vaccination.
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*called. Only once! Sorry typing on the phone only goes so far.

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Request: I'm not aware of any outdoor-only superspreader event. The rare confirmed outdoor transmission cases usually involve lengthy and high-exertion (huffing & puffing) contact. If know of any, please send them. Been tracking down reports for a year.https://twitter.com/roelschroeven/status/1364239981519265793 …
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Outdoor transmission is not impossible, though seems to be really high bar, so far. It may even happen because something *changes* that we should be aware of. At some point, though absence of evidence *is* evidence exactly because we are looking hard. So please send counters!
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We were told for a long time in Canada by our public health officials that masks were harmful because they would encourage people to minimize social distancing or encourage risk taking.
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Yep! Europe, too. Baseless nonsense. Do you have links to the Canada officials saying that?
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I tend to go with the people who sound sensible and reasonable. Take points back and forth and lay out their cases with caveats and expected outcomes if right/wrong.
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pretty sure i recently read a study from the '80s (
@msmacb? ) that said that the flu never spread outdoors and it's been well known, tho not widely reported, that science confirms viruses do not spread outdoors -
It can. I've been tracking the COVID ones religiously and it's possible but not easy. (I know of a reported case from Italy: jogging outdoors for a long time, unmasked and talking (probably yelling at) to each other from close distance).
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