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Some people are using the US rowers story to say outdoor activities are not Covid-safe.

The rowers were all infected by their physical therapist, who had prolonged, close, indoor contact with "pretty much the whole team" in his sessions
nytimes.com/2020/07/24/spo…
This is *totally* different to spending a day on the beach or in the park, even if using shared bathrooms, shower areas, car parks.

Yet these pictures are being used to illustrate stories about the resurgence of the virus. It's hugely misleading and discourages safe behaviour.
A study of 318 outbreak clusters found only one in an outdoor environment medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Another one found that the risk indoors is approximately 19x the risk outdoors medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
I've no idea why the long lens brigade want to shame people for getting some fresh air, but there's absolutely no science behind any of their alarmism.

Keep enjoying the great outdoors responsibly, folks ☀️🏖🌳⛰
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