Ballard and Magnolia lead Seattle in mask use, survey finds

Sure, makes sense. What is the biological reason then that protestors are being spared? Please explain the science behind your rational.

Masks are the primary reason and social distancing when possible is a big help as well. This can be seen in pictures and videos of the protests and is clearly stated in the article and many other articles on the topic.

I take it you neither read the article nor did one ounce of research of your own?

I’m sorry that the reality doesn’t fit your narrative, but even the most obtuse person can clearly see that the rioters/protestors are doing anything but following the rules.

I’m sorry, but, until we contact-trace everyone who comes down with Covid, your virtuous (and nothing but virtuous) argument holds no water. Open air protests with hundreds of people versus an indoor gathering of 10? You might end up with the same number of infected, but to pretend these protests are safe just for the sake of virtue is ludicrous.

Here’s another freebee, since neither of you can’t be bothered to do some basic research:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/protests-covid-outdoor-masks.html

Testing on protesters has yielded a positive rate lower than the national testing positive rate. Meanwhile, both of your opinions are purely anecdotal and in contrary of available data. If you have anything: facts, studies, articles etc, feel free to post it.

Until either of you posts a study otherwise, it can be safely assumed you both are just extremely gullible. I just can’t comprehend a life where opinions are given to you by others and critical thinking and basic research are non-existent.

I understand you want very badly to discredit protesters vying for their basic freedoms, but it also helps to have something to back up your given opinions.

Downvote away, but it doesn’t change the Truth™

Yes, the protests are likely to increase exposure to Covid. Sorry Truth, pasting articles doesn’t make you a scientist. I can do
that too!
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-evaluate-coronavirus-risks-from-black-lives-matter-protests/

Hope Scientific American is ‘unbiased’ enough for you. You can’t change the actual truth.

Hope Scientific American is ‘unbiased’ enough for you. You can’t change the actual truth. From the third paragraph in the article you posted: There is not much evidence that the protests have caused spikes in coronavirus infections so far. And any increase in cases from the protests would be hard to separate from the fact that states are reopening in general, according to Caroline Buckee, an associate professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 🤔 The article was published on June 17th which would have been too early to determine the rate of infection given the 3-4 week gestation period as the riots didn’t start en mass until the very last few days in May. Further, given that the average age of a protestor is well under 50, and the lack of testing among the crowd, certainly in any sort of scientific way, means this isn’t a valid study or even a study at all. Again, if you can post anything (I would even take a Fox News article) that backs up your anecdotal observation, please feel free! At least Ballard By Boat tried to post an article, although it refuted his own opinions. Again,… Read more »

When the title of an article is “It Doesn’t Look Like the Protests Are Causing a COVID-19 Spike” then descends into a subjective opinion piece and is not a medical research article. The article was published on June 17th which would have been too early to determine the rate of infection given the 3-4 week gestation period as the riots didn’t start en mass until the very last few days in May. Further, given that the average age of a protestor is well under 50, and the lack of testing among the crowd, certainly in any sort of scientific way, means this isn’t a valid study or even a study at all. Part of the article went on to say that “I think that outdoors, in sunshine, with masks, is a fairly safe environment.” By this logic, Florida should have never had a surge and yet, it had a massive surge. Clearly, the entire article is simply subjective speculation, and, to be accurate, is dated and inaccurate at this current date. Again, there isn’t a biological reason why the protestors/rioters would be exempted from the same infection rate than any other large group gather would incur, and in fact, I’ll… Read more »