Trisha is really going double down on this? Let’s see the mental gymnastics required to argue joggers and cyclists are a real problem with the spread of COVID
https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1351169668090888194
“Risk of transmitting outdoors is an order of magnitude less than indoors”
“When jogging or cycling contacts tend to be rare and fleeting”
“Exercising outdoors is one of the few freedoms people in England still have”
Off to a good start making her case so far
“When jogging or cycling contacts tend to be rare and fleeting”
“Exercising outdoors is one of the few freedoms people in England still have”
Off to a good start making her case so far
“The WHO is adamant that people should NOT wear masks when exercising...but there are strong arguments that challenge the WHO’s advice such as NHS hospitals are overwhelmed.” Huh?
Oh look! She finally provides evidence that might be meaningful. “Over half” of all cases are acquired from people without symptoms? Wait a minute, that study sounds familiar...
Ah, yep. A modeling study that just assumes asymptomatic people are 75% as infectious as symptomatic people. Garbage in, garbage out.
Meanwhile, a 54-study meta-analysis’s findings (not a model!) imply asymptomatic-driven transmission is an order of magnitude less (or more) than symptomatic-driven transmission. I shared this with Trisha, guess she didn’t see it?
https://twitter.com/iamtheactualet/status/1348515832276639745
She goes on a tangent about SARS-CoV-2 variants, then comes back to the issue at hand to say wearing a mask while exercising outside is important as it “shows solidarity”. If you don’t wear a sweat-soaked mask in below-freezing UK weather, do you really care about the pandemic??
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