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It’s not even necessarily close proximity: “Infected after 5 minutes, from 20 feet away: South Korea study shows coronavirus’ spread indoors” https://www.latime

It’s not even necessarily close proximity: “Infected after 5 minutes, from 20 feet away: South Korea study shows coronavirus’ spread indoors” https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-12-09/five-minutes-from-20-feet-away-south-korean-study-shows-perils-of-indoor-dining-for-covid-19 https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-12-09/five-m...

f430 6y ago
one word of caution is the current South Korean administration has been dangerously leaning towards pro-CCP. President Moon has repeatedly praised the communist party and President Xi and they have effectively weaponized the pandemic to suppress protests. Imagine if Trump handed plutonium yielding power plants to Iran on a usb device to win political concessions. That is what has happened in South Korea and there is a massive "USBgate" scandal that implicates the Korean president. So anything out of South Korea right now under the current admin, we should take a grain of salt. The new Biden administration labelled South Korea as an "illiberal democracy".
airstrike 6y ago
Thanks for sharing this. I finally have unequivocal data to support my argument that we should not eat indoors at restaurants.
- lamontcg 6y ago
  First published back in April, 2020: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0764_article https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0764_article
loyukfai 6y ago
- Indoor environment - No/limited air circulation - Mask-less All 3 combined, put a COVID-19 carrier there, trouble.
- Spivak 6y ago
  Yes but you're missing the point is that the advice right now is that a 6ft distance (indoor and outdoor) is sufficient for people to take off their masks.
  - DanBC 6y ago
    Where is that the advice? In the UK it's very much saying that you must wear a mask indoors and maintain as much distance as you can.
    - Spivak 6y ago
      My part of the US apparently. The local restaurant regulations is 6ft apart and if people are sitting you don't need a mask. Same with stadiums/theaters/etc..
      - fomine3 6y ago
        Is there any reason not to wear mask on stadium/theater/... (obviously except restaurant) ?

f430 6y ago

one word of caution is the current South Korean administration has been dangerously leaning towards pro-CCP. President Moon has repeatedly praised the communist party and President Xi and they have effectively weaponized the pandemic to suppress protests. Imagine if Trump handed plutonium yielding power plants to Iran on a usb device to win political concessions. That is what has happened in South Korea and there is a massive "USBgate" scandal that implicates the Korean president. So anything out of South Korea right now under the current admin, we should take a grain of salt. The new Biden administration labelled South Korea as an "illiberal democracy".

airstrike 6y ago

Thanks for sharing this. I finally have unequivocal data to support my argument that we should not eat indoors at restaurants.

lamontcg 6y ago
First published back in April, 2020: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0764_article https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0764_article

loyukfai 6y ago

- Indoor environment - No/limited air circulation - Mask-less All 3 combined, put a COVID-19 carrier there, trouble.

Spivak 6y ago
Yes but you're missing the point is that the advice right now is that a 6ft distance (indoor and outdoor) is sufficient for people to take off their masks.
- DanBC 6y ago
  Where is that the advice? In the UK it's very much saying that you must wear a mask indoors and maintain as much distance as you can.
  - Spivak 6y ago
    My part of the US apparently. The local restaurant regulations is 6ft apart and if people are sitting you don't need a mask. Same with stadiums/theaters/etc..
    - fomine3 6y ago
      Is there any reason not to wear mask on stadium/theater/... (obviously except restaurant) ?