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Originally Posted by Escape Artist
I'm curious about something: if the study was done in Cape Cod after a super spreader event, i.e. a beach party, which is outdoors, and even those who had been vaccinated contracted the Delta variant of COVID, then are large outdoor gatherings risky even if they ask for proof of vaccinations and/or negative tests?
I thought the concern was over indoor events but this study seems to say that any large gathering of people is problematic. So does that mean those who attend a concert or sporting event, like a baseball game in a large stadium with people yelling and cheering in close proximity to one another, intermingling on the concourse, etc. should wear masks even though they are vaccinated and outdoors?
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This is all about risk.
If you're up close and personal with someone, you have a higher risk of spreading the disease, or catching the disease, than if you are at a safe social distance.
Masks can reduce the risk further.
Vaccination, SO FAR, can reduce the risk further.
Having already had COVID-19, SO FAR - can reduce the risk further.
The "so far" is because we're dealing with "what is, currently." We are dealing with the delta version which is showing more contagious than the virus that the vaccine was designed to work against.
If there are more mutations, we have no way to predict what those mutations will do. They MIGHT be less powerful. Or they might become resistant completely to the vaccines, and kill millions. We just don't know.
That's why "risk reduction" is important. It's not prevention. It's reducing risk.