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@neipate96 @toad_spotted I mean, I expect they are. But they are such a tiny fraction of the overall number that it could be simultaneously true that they have a much higher risk of infection, and are not the main locus of infections from the protesting.
@neipate96 @toad_spotted Also, some of those folks will have been arrested for looting, arson, violently attacking police, etc--stuff we can (almost) all basically agree you should be arrested for.
@neipate96 @toad_spotted At any rate, I really hope we take this unique opportunity to find out whether it spreads outside. I'd really like to be able to go to an outdoor concert, mass, dinner again.
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@IanColdwater I spent April caring for my covid+ Dad in Massachusetts, where daytime temperatures ranged from 32 to 46 degrees. Because he could not be isolated due to house design, I spent most of the month in a room with all the windows opened and a damp ocean wind blowing straight through.
@IanColdwater It was cold.

I also spent a year at Ground Zero in a construction trailer, sitting immediately under the intake vent; that was even colder.

So yes, I'm familiar with how weather works.
@IanColdwater No, people in Minnesota can't hold school outside in January. Most Americans do not live in Minnesota.
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In fact, it is critical that we do so--this is vital public health information--and I fear there is a real risk that public health authorities won't, for fear of getting the "wrong" answer.
More broadly, if a bunch of people get sick from going to protests, and that becomes obvious as the second wave of outbreaks takes off, it will not be possible to say that this is all the fault of the police.
That is, you can say it, but politically, I doubt it will work outside of the folks who already agree with you, and it certainly won't convince the people who are angry about the double standards for communal activity to go back inside.
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This is key: public health experts who are saying "Racism is an even bigger public health crisis" clearly don't understand that this message is not swaying folks outside a pretty small bubble.
To be clear: racial disparities in mortality/morbidity exist and are an enormous problem we should be working to address.

But it does not seem all that likely that having protests now, this week, will cure those disparities. It takes years to shift life expectancy.
Moreover, church-going is highly correlated with better health and longer lives. No one was making this kind of nuanced, holistic assessment of the risks and benefits when it came to Penecostals who wanted to worship in company; the message was "Stay home, save lives".
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