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I don’t know what you mean by “change your mind”. I’ve come to understand that it is much less infectious outdoors, that it is more responsive to moderate socia
by matthewdgreen 6y ago
I don’t know what you mean by “change your mind”. I’ve come to understand that it is much less infectious outdoors, that it is more responsive to moderate social distancing than we though initially (possibly due to super spreading?) and that masks appear to work well. This has made me more relaxed about many activities.
I continue to believe that it’s an extremely infectious RNA virus that will spread exponentially in situations where people are in close proximity or indoors without social distancing and masks. I think New Orleans, NYC, Lombardy, Wuhan, and the ongoing situation in Brazil are more than enough evidence for that. I also think the success of Europe and China in using social distancing plus test/trace/isolate to tamp down their epidemics is pretty solid evidence that this was the right strategy, and I’m incredibly disappointed that America was incapable of executing on it.
The question I think you’re asking is: given that we failed to take the right advice, have I given up on trying to make us take it? And the answer is: basically yes. I think we’ll have to let nature take its course and protect ourselves now.
- JPKab 6y agoSpecifically, I was asking if you had informed opinions on the virus that are now significantly different than the informed opinions you hold now?
- tunesmith 6y agoEchoing GP - the additional data on how contagious it appears it isn't in circumstances of brief, well-ventilated contact, helps me feel safer outdoors. Over the last two weeks, we've had or visited two different outdoor get-togethers with friends, sitting and chatting in the lawn 6-10 years apart, and feeling like it was no big deal to step forward briefly to (for instance) hold out a dish of cupcakes for your friend to grab one. I definitely wouldn't have felt comfortable with that a month ago. And I still don't want to do that more than once a week or so.