>COVID-19: Straight Answers from Top Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic https://www.bluezones.com/2020/06/covid-19-straight-answers-from-top-epidemiolog

>COVID-19: Straight Answers from Top Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic https://www.bluezones.com/2020/06/covid-19-straight-answers-from-top-epidemiologist-who-predicted-the-pandemic/ https://www.bluezones.com/2020/06/covid-19-straight-answers-... "DB: I have a final personal question. My 60th birthday is coming up. I live on Lake of the Isles and I was thinking of putting an open-air dining room up for a dinner party of 10 people or so outside. Is that a bad idea? MO: If you’re outside, the aerosols dissipate much, much faster. So any air movement at all will help move those. Again, I can’t say that it’s perfectly safe. Remember the choir participant who sang for two hours and transmitted the virus to 42 out of 60 people. But exposure as a dose is a combination of time and amount. So, if you’re in a situation where you are basically spending an hour or two in an outdoor area, it’s likely that even if somebody was infected there, you wouldn’t have the same dose at all. As I pointed out before, virtually all the outbreaks we’ve seen have occurred indoors. DB: Okay, so I can go ahead or are you advising against it? MO: [laughing] Well I can’t say yes or no, I’m giving you the best advice I have. We’re all looking for the Holy Grail right now. " >When 511 Epidemiologists Expect to Fly, Hug and Do 18 Other Everyday Activities Again https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/08/upshot/when-epidemiologists-will-do-everyday-things-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/08/upshot/when-e...