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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I published my first piece pleading to keep parks open & letting people socialize outdoors on April 1st 2020. I stand by every word. It wasn't that complicated. The epi data, the reasons, the sociology of a sustainable pandemic response. It was all there. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/closing-parks-ineffective-pandemic-theater/609580/ …pic.twitter.com/ldahx4cLj0
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I was trying, desperately, to warn us to get ready in February of 2020—and being lectured about being too panicky—but also trying to swat down the baseless moral panic once we started having more clarity on the shape of the risk—and being told, a lot, to stay in my lane.
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It makes sense to be extra cautious at first when facing a murky, exponential threat. But if we don't then adjust the communication and the rules as the shape of the risk becomes clearer & have proper trade-off discussions, we get fatigue, non-compliance and *more risk* not less.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted 💚 Jens-Petter Salvesen 🌍
This is what I'd expect. It's been a year and I am not aware of a single outdoor-only superspreader event. It's not impossible but after a year, it seems low enough risk that I don't really worry about it until we get one.https://twitter.com/jpsalvesen/status/1363512609924866049 …
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💚 Jens-Petter Salvesen 🌍 @jpsalvesenReplying to @zeynepData point: Students in Bergen, Norway had their start-of -the-year party indoors in a basement, out of sight. Major cluster. Oslo students partied outdoors. Major news coverage but no major cluster traced. (But later on, they hid indoors and are now lonely w remote learning)23 replies 77 retweets 445 likesShow this thread -
People asking about variants. Of course. We should *up* our cautions, till we get more clarity. This was my piece from last day of 2020. Absolutely stand by it. New murky threat with exponential fuel: up your cautions. Clarity+data? Adjust & tamper down. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/12/virus-mutation-catastrophe/617531/ …pic.twitter.com/R9A47lA9BL
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Here's by piece pleading to stop the beach-scolding from last July, with a thread that kept going and going... I had stopped updating it but it turns out we're not tired of beach-scolding so some new entries recently. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1279432888048594944 …?
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zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynepEnough with the beach-scolding! It's not scientifically-sound and it's counterproductive. It's a virus—not a moral agent geared to smite people who dare enjoy themselves. Six months in, we *know* most risk is indoors. More knowledge, less baseless outrage. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/it-okay-go-beach/613849/ … pic.twitter.com/rM3uC1pHI6Show this thread4 replies 21 retweets 250 likesShow this thread -
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I went off the rails on COVID avoidance and quit mountain biking on trails for a while. It was helpful to me to learn that the risks were relatively low. Without hiking and mountain biking this pandemic would have crushed my soul.
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I do a lot of both! Same, and I think both are very safe activities as far as COVID goes (well, don't go over your handlebars).
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I did go over the bars a couple of months ago. My wife kindly helped me clean my wounds when I arrived at home. Life is not without risk. Still wearing my KN95 and social distancing, though.
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Yikes sorry. Yeah, that sucks. I've been lucky so far last year, but then I bike pretty mild trails. Also, low center-of-gravity as, ahem, petite person. Also risk-averse. Only once did I find myself at truly steep/technical trails. Walked all the big jumps and didn't go back.
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