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John Ruddick

14 Aug, 7 tweets, 3 min read

COVID appears not to be contagious outside (a thread).

3 wks ago 15k good people protested COVID lockdowns in Sydney.

Endless misinformed critics were certain it would be a superspreader.

NSW boasts 'world's best contact tracing.'

Zero cases connected to the Freedom March.

To those paying attention this is unsurprising.

Rightly or wrongly the NY Times is the world's most powerful newspaper. On 11/5/21 NY Times said:

"There is not a single documented Covid infection anywhere in the world from casual outdoor interactions.'

nytimes.com/2021/05/11/bri…

To those without a New York Times subscription here is the key part:

Not one Freedom March or BLM protest in the world has recorded a COVID infection. They were all viciously attacked by partisan hacks disinterested in the settled science. Not one hack has admitted error on this front because this ain't about public health - its about compliance.

Perhaps the NY Times went rogue with 1 story.

Dr Nick Coatsworth is respected by many. He wrote an op-ed in the SMH/Age on 23/7/21 (a day before the Freedom March) & mocked those who 'insist on masks outdoors for a disease that is spread indoors.' Golly.

smh.com.au/national/unqua…

https://twitter.com/9NewsSyd/status/1412340635814739970

... and here's the 6pm Nine News on 6 July 2021 confirming:

'While busy beaches and packed parks might seem like a risk, there hasn't been a single case of outdoor transmission since the pandemic began.'

https://twitter.com/9NewsSyd/status/1412340635814739970

Its obvious COVID is highly infectious in an indoor environment but the good news is that if you get out and about, do some exercise, get some sunshine ... it seems very hard to catch COVID.

So why the malice towards Freedom Marchers?

#COVID1984

spectator.com.au/2021/08/freedo…

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