The New York Times has done an analysis on what it says is a misleading statistic released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the ramifications of the distribution of such information.
At issue is the CDC’s announcement last month that “less than 10%” of COVID-19 transmission was occurring outdoors, a percentage that quickly caught on.
The Times equated it to saying that sharks attack fewer than 20,000 swimmers worldwide annually, when the actual number is about 150, calling it “both true and deceiving.”
Dr. Muge Cevik, a virologist at the University of St. Andrews said the CDC’s benchmark “seems to be a huge exaggeration,” explaining that the share of transmission that has occurred outdoors appears to be below 1%, with other experts saying it might even be below 0.1%.
Experts emphasize that even these rare outdoor transmissions all apparently involved crowded places or close conversation, and not just casually walking around on the street or in a park.
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CDC tries to be relevant. It tells you that even those that had Covid can get it again, but if you read their numbers for those that got it twice, the chances of getting it twice is almost nil.
If everyone in a place had the vaccine, the chances of any transmission is again almost nil, but the CDC won’t say so. Rather they say keep attendance at places at small percentages.
If anything, the CDC is undercautious and misleading. Their reports are only 1% of the true deaths and 1% of the severe side effects.