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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

I haven't changed much. I still wear a mask indoors in public building, ( for the safety of others). I probably don't wash my hands as much. I still use hand sanitizer but I used it quite a bit even before the pandemic.

I go to outside events without a mask, but I did that before I had my shots. My understanding is that the science says that it is nearly impossible to catch the virus when out of doors. That's why all of the warnings about the super spreaders were wrong. There has been no spike after huge outdoor events.

I look at it this way. There have been about 29.6 million cases in this country which means that we have about a 9% chance of getting the virus. From what I understand the chance of getting it outside is reduced considerably. Let's say that it's reduced by 75%. That means you have about a 2.5% chance of getting it outdoors. (My understanding is that it is even lower than that.) If there was only a 2.5% chance of getting the virus there would only be about 6.6 million cases in the US right now. there were 35.5 million seasonal influenza cases in the US in 2019. If there were only 6.6 million cases of Covid-19 we wouldn't be going through all this.

Now it's said that Covid-19 is much more contagious than the flu and it is more deadly, but based on the numbers, 6.6 million cases would result in 132,000 deaths. We would not be wearing masks, social distancing, sanitizing and washing our hands eleven times a day over that.

I love to breathe my own carbon dioxide.