It is not spread by touching or droplets (not that it is impossible to spread that way, but that is not how it was primarily spread). It is spread by aerosols and where most infections occurred it was due to lack of ventilation, allowing the aerosols to linger in the air. There are very very few cases of spread outdoors. There is a spectrum of risk and different factors that play into how much risk a particular situation has. In hindsight things like closing beaches and parks were unnecessary. So was deep cleaning and closing down a business to disinfect it if an employee had covid.
odd how leftist somehow blame the right for politicizing masks when it was they with their virtue signalling that is responsible.
throughout the pandemic the cdc guidance has been
FIRST, social distance
THEN, when not possible or practicable, mask.
it has never been, everyone mask every time you leave the house. that was an invention of the leftist masters. it has never been to mask outdoors all the time, unless you were in a large crowd masking outdoors was never a recommendation. that was an invention of the leftist masters. virtue signalling morphed into public policy and speaking the truth got you labelled an anti science conspiracy theorist,
What makes indoor spaces so dangerous is that exhaled virus can accumulate and infect people who do not have direct contact with an infected person. A prime example happened a year ago during a St Patrick’s Day party at a bar in Ho Chi Minh City, in Vietnam. Twelve people became infected at the party, but only four had close contact with the infected person2. More recent outbreaks at gyms in Chicago, Illinois, and Hawaii have also occurred despite physical distancing of attendees3 and capacity limits on fitness classes4.
coronovirus is NOT airborne. It is not an aerosol. it is droplet based. like all droplet based virus’, it is suspended in the air for as long as it takes for gravity to bring down the droplet its riding on. there are distinct and very simple definitions for these things. covid is definitively NOT an airborne virus.
and you’ll excuse me if i have my doubts about studies where people report that they were socially distant and that is relied on as fact. especially in a bar or gym.
i have fallen behind nothing. coronovirus is NOT an aerosol, its a virus hitching a ride. further, if its hitching a ride on an aerosol particle, a mask is not going to stop you from breathing it in. cloth masks don’t stop aerosol particles.