Still no detected general community transmission; every one of those 47 was either a recent overseas arrival or a close associate of someone else who was. Mostly off cruise ships.
The government has (mostly) sealed the borders and ordered social distancing measures, but the schools are still open. People around here are worried, but a lot are still acting as if the “stay at home” stuff doesn’t apply to them. One of my neighbours hosted a BBQ with ~20 guests last weekend.
So wait, I live in a fairly quiet town, with no total shutdown orders. Is it safe to go for a simple walk or bikeride, or not? In terms of breathing in the virus, or breathing it for others out if I happen to be asymptomatic?
I wonder because I hear the virus can linger in the air for 30 minutes, an hour, etc. So like, water droplets people cough out don’t fall pretty quickly to the ground?
Well, that’s unfortunate. I had a hesitation about sharing it without checking, but thought the message was positive. Unfortunate too that quote now makes it look like I said it.
(My thought when I hit send was that it still encourages helpful behaviors.)
Edited to add: That graph is actually in the thread too. The original author claims things have flattened at this point. My first thought is they are basing that idea on too brief a period in the data. In any case, they have made a substantial effort to get people wearing masks, and that is positive.
Here in Norway this is not being discouraged, as long as we avoid popular areas; the idea is that being outside and isolated is fine, but if everyone goes to the same park or takes public transit to get where they are going then it is not.
It sounds like the Chicago situation is that large groups were going to relatively confined parts of the lakefront. For example, the paths in the park are not very wide, it is hard to maintain a safe distance. Also, some of the popular activities, like that one where you put your virus onto a plastic disk and sail it to your friend to get on their hands when they catch it, is not exactly isolation.
