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In reply to the discussion: I talked my wife into not attending the Minnesota State Fair [View all]Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)There is a lot of real world evidence that it is safe to be outdoors in a crowded venue. Major League Baseball has been going on all summer without significant Covid outbreaks. There is hardly any medical literature documenting outdoor transmission of Covid. The only study I could find was a non peer reviewed study out of Baylor which described an outdoor wedding where maybe six people caught Covid. We'll see it it holds up.
I'm sure people will point to Sturgis. But there are a lot of indoor bars and restaurants in the area. I think Deadwood is close by and I believe it has casinos. Plenty of places for Covid to spread the 500 or so cases the CDC documented in 2020 in the way we know happens: indoors.
I personally find the evidence provided by Major League Baseball to be pretty convincing.
It may be safer out there than people think.