Study after study after study showing a increase in COVID cases linked to George Floyd protests. Yet you ignore all of this. Let's take a look at one... Relationship of George Floyd protests to increases in COVID-19 cases using event study methodology https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454741/ Background Protests ignited by the George Floyd incident were examined for any significant impact on COVID-19 infection rates in select US cities. Methods Eight US cities were studied in which protestors in the tens of thousands were reported. Only cities that reside in states whose stay-at-home orders had been rescinded or expired for a minimum of 30 days were included in the sample to account for impact of growth rates solely due to economies reopening. Event study methodology was used with a 30-day estimation period to examine whether growth in COVID-19 infection rates was significant. Results In the eight cities analyzed, all had positive abnormal growth in infection rate. In six of the eight cities, infection rate growth was positive and significant. Conclusions In this study, it was apparent that violations of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-recommended social distancing guidelines caused a significant increase in infection rates. The data suggest that to slow the spread of COVID-19, CDC guidelines must be followed in protest situations. (More at above url)
those are studies in which the cities reopened. Eight US cities were studied in which protestors in the tens of thousands were reported. Only cities that reside in states whose stay-at-home orders had been rescinded or expired for a minimum of 30 days were included in the sample to account for impact of growth rates solely due to economies reopening. Event study methodology was used with a 30-day estimation period to examine whether growth in COVID-19 infection rates was significant. ... Limitations of this study The study was limited by not knowing the exact number of people that were protesting and lack of contact tracing for those individuals. Also, the study was limited by the number of states that were not under stay-at-home orders for a minimum of 30 days to get a valid estimation period for the event study. That looks like strong evidence to show that lockdowns failed because there was substantial spread as soon as they reopened. That is not proof that the protests caused outdoor spread. Correlation does not prove causation.
Keep pushing your denier nonsense. At this point the absurd crap you push is patently insane and has widely been debunked.
You love the washington post correct? Anybody with half a brain understands that you need contact tracing to determine how spread happened. even the post is this headline says so. I don't have access to the article. But remember... spread happens indoors and via travel. This is why you need contact tracing... to say the only contact was outdoors. Protests probably didn't lead to coronavirus spikes, but it's ... https://www.washingtonpost.com › health › 2020/06/30 Jun 30, 2020 — Really the only way, in my view, you can get a sense of where people get infected is through contact tracing,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, an ...
Yes.. .and sadly since the Trump administration failed so completely at contract tracing for the U.S. -- the only evaluation data points are either the statistical rise in COVID cases in a community after the event (in excess of other locations) or the number of COVID cases reported among those who attended the event when reported to local health departments. Multiple studies have been done regarding the George Floyd protests last summer regarding COVID. Every one of those studies showed an increase in COVID cases in larger protest locations following the protests. The media chose to interpret the information did not show enough of an increase -- therefore pushed stories saying there were no spikes. The actual studies they reference show differently -- there was an increase in COVID cases after protests. Yes... most people wore masks at these protests and they were held outdoors. Due to this -- despite the lack of social distancing at the protests -- the transmission of COVID was limited; not resulting in absurdly high spikes in new cases (which would have been the case if they were held indoors without masks). However any narrative that there was no increases in COVID cases due to the George Floyd protests does not hold up when looked at in actual studies.
Your link is a model which assumes airborne spread. A reasonable assumption at this stage... but still debated by scientists. Almost anytime you read about proof of airborne spread ... they point to very early cases in China and an Aussie choir practice which occurred very early on before anybody really knew anything. Airborne spread is still debated as of 3 days ago... . apparently we still do not know for sure. But if there is airborne spread... it seems like it must not be that frequent because they are having a ton of problems proving it. https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1030
that is not contact traced proof of spread. it is evidence that after opening up cases spread.... Something I warned about many times during the lockdown. I said the shutdown were damaging and dangerous and would fail because as soon as we opened cases would ramp. So telling me that there were protests during the increase is simply not proof of outdoor spread.
Just pushing your COVID-denier nonsense to drive fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) as per your usual narrative. Now suddenly your bar is "unless it is contact traced then it did not happen". Seeing that the U.S. basically did no contact tracing then your perspective must be that COVID does not even exist in the U.S. since nearly no cases are contact traced. Way to raise your magical bar.
we have about about 150 million positive tests of Covid. Which means probably hundreds of millions of cases.... I would bet tens of millions of those cases contact traced. And you are pretending that a few positives which may have happened indoors or out amounts to proof of outdoor spread even though you can't show any reasonable proof or confirmation by contact tracing. You are a illogical useless fear mongering moron. Just show statistically useful proof or shut the fuck up.