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Right if you're going to bring up Memorial Day then your question was asked in bad faith since you would always assert that as an alternative explanation. To l

Right if you're going to bring up Memorial Day then your question was asked in bad faith since you would always assert that as an alternative explanation. To live in NYC is to live in extremely close contact with other people on a daily basis (I know since I have lived there) and the virus had already been spreading there since January so I wouldn't expect much of a difference. I wouldn't be surprised if 80%+ of NYC had been exposed by the time the lockdowns started, especially the demographic that was out protesting. Just common sense and a basic knowledge of epidemiology.

ceejayoz 6y ago
> Right if you're going to bring up Memorial Day then your question was asked in bad faith since you would always assert that as an alternative explanation. Ignoring Memorial Day and bars opening would be in bad faith. We're able to look at different areas and compare them. Thus far, the evidence indicates the protests did not result in superspreading events. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/24/883017035/what-contact-tracing-may-tell-about-cluster-spread-of-the-coronavirus https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0... > "We did have a rally in Bellingham, which is our county seat, and there was also a protest, and we have not been able to connect a single case to that rally or to the protest, and what we're finding is in large part that's due to the use of masks," Erika Lautenbach, the director of the Whatcom County Health Department in Washington State, tells NPR's All Things Considered. "Almost everyone at the rally was wearing a mask, and it's really a testament to how effective masks are in preventing the spread of this disease." > For the clusters that have popped up, Lautenbach says the state has been using contact tracing to learn more about how they're contributing to the spread of the virus. For instance, it found that 14 cases were associated with a party of 100 to 150 people in early June. Subsequently, 15 more cases were associated with the original 14. "Just common sense and a basic knowledge of epidemiology." It's weird how the epidemiologists don't seem to agree with you, in that case.
- googthrowaway42 6y ago
  Again, one would have to be braindead or ideologically possessed to not think that people being in close proximity to each other would not spread a highly infectious respiratory illness. https://slate.com/technology/2020/06/protests-coronavirus-pandemic-public-health-racism.html https://slate.com/technology/2020/06/protests-coronavirus-pa... Here are some examples of public health "experts" that are ideologically possessed. These are the people that you're citing. Hopefully one day you gain the courage to think for yourself.
  - ceejayoz 6y ago
    We're gathering abundant evidence by now that outdoor gatherings aren't a source of infection - whether they're protests (the anti-mask protesters didn't incur spikes, either) or beach days. We've got lots of evidence bars are problematic, and MN opened theirs right around the same time the protests were getting going.

ceejayoz 6y ago

> Right if you're going to bring up Memorial Day then your question was asked in bad faith since you would always assert that as an alternative explanation. Ignoring Memorial Day and bars opening would be in bad faith. We're able to look at different areas and compare them. Thus far, the evidence indicates the protests did not result in superspreading events. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/24/883017035/what-contact-tracing-may-tell-about-cluster-spread-of-the-coronavirus https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0... > "We did have a rally in Bellingham, which is our county seat, and there was also a protest, and we have not been able to connect a single case to that rally or to the protest, and what we're finding is in large part that's due to the use of masks," Erika Lautenbach, the director of the Whatcom County Health Department in Washington State, tells NPR's All Things Considered. "Almost everyone at the rally was wearing a mask, and it's really a testament to how effective masks are in preventing the spread of this disease." > For the clusters that have popped up, Lautenbach says the state has been using contact tracing to learn more about how they're contributing to the spread of the virus. For instance, it found that 14 cases were associated with a party of 100 to 150 people in early June. Subsequently, 15 more cases were associated with the original 14. "Just common sense and a basic knowledge of epidemiology." It's weird how the epidemiologists don't seem to agree with you, in that case.

googthrowaway42 6y ago
Again, one would have to be braindead or ideologically possessed to not think that people being in close proximity to each other would not spread a highly infectious respiratory illness. https://slate.com/technology/2020/06/protests-coronavirus-pandemic-public-health-racism.html https://slate.com/technology/2020/06/protests-coronavirus-pa... Here are some examples of public health "experts" that are ideologically possessed. These are the people that you're citing. Hopefully one day you gain the courage to think for yourself.
- ceejayoz 6y ago
  We're gathering abundant evidence by now that outdoor gatherings aren't a source of infection - whether they're protests (the anti-mask protesters didn't incur spikes, either) or beach days. We've got lots of evidence bars are problematic, and MN opened theirs right around the same time the protests were getting going.