I’m not saying it was a wise thing to rush out to celebrate. But how many events like this have we had? Outdoors but widely condemned, confidently called called superspreader. But wasn’t, barely reported. (UNC tests all students on campus twice a week and off campus once a week).https://twitter.com/JoedyMcCreary/status/1362881044551237639 …
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The amount of energy we spend confidently predicting catastrophe from things we can see while ignoring a year of evidence on where the high risk are—indoors, workplaces, mostly poor and minority essential workers, crowded housing, congregate living, elderly.
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No doubt young people can contribute a lot to spread, but the way to deal with that is to figure out the risks and avoid driving them into crowded indoor socializing and to test them often. (Also don’t gather them in dorms & send them home in a panic without testing. Like Fall.)
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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 had to sneak into my son’s 1st high school football game because his district told parents we were forbidden to attend the game. We won’t be allowed to watch any of his games in an outdoor stadium because of these outrageous measures. It’s ridiculous.
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Meh. Yeah sorry. You should be allowed to sit in the open stands.
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I don’t even need to sit, I’m more than happy to stand around the field. It’s JV so there would be max 100 ppl there.
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