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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInteresting graphic on risk of COVID depending on activity
https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/will-i-get-covid-19-doing-this-heres-how-risky-normal-activities-areAUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) Whats your risk of catching COVID-19 doing normal, day to day activities? It depends, according to the Texas Medical Association.
Physicians from the TMA COVID-19 Task Force and the TMA Committee on Infectious Disease ranked activities on a scale of one to 10, with one being least likely to lead to a coronavirus infection to 10 being a high risk for infection.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)Beringia
(4,316 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,500 posts)but Texas wouldn't dare put that on the list........
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)Towlie
(5,332 posts)They explain in detail how to read the chart but say virtually nothing about how they produced it. It sounds like they sat around a table and asked the group "on a scale of one to ten..." for each of these activities, then recorded the consensus. This doesn't appear to be based upon any scientific data or evidence whatsoever.
And yet they label the chart with "BE INFORMED" and "Know Your Risk..."
Such arrogance!
Phoenix61
(17,025 posts)sitting in a doctors office?
LisaL
(44,980 posts)they were packed in there.
Mariana
(14,863 posts)the place is being sanitized regularly, everyone is wearing a mask, spacing is enforced, everyone has been questioned about Covid symptoms, and their temperatures have been taken. At least, that's how it's being done where I live.
BigmanPigman
(51,650 posts)same activities with and without a mask.
Locrian
(4,522 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,345 posts)hmmmm
unblock
(52,483 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,345 posts)have to tackle anyone, shout in their face, or drip sweat, snot and blood on any of my fellow passengers on a plane. I also don't intend to spend 3 hours with them or take a shower with them.
Not sure what kind of flights the authors of this chart are taking.
unblock
(52,483 posts)The difference is that they're at opposite ends of the ventilation spectrum.
Lars39
(26,117 posts)roamer65
(36,748 posts)I would assume unmasked since it doesnt mention them.
Beringia
(4,316 posts)highplainsdem
(49,110 posts)especially subways -- and buses are riskier than planes.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51736185
LAS14
(13,791 posts)... find any info on that.
Princess Turandot
(4,789 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,507 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)I feel like it was a mistake after having it done :/
Baclava
(12,047 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,382 posts)I also ran with scissors.
You can't stop me. I'm a contrarian.
(I actually did eat at a buffet on Sunday, because I was hungry and nothing else struck my fancy. It wasn't crowded, and the staff was doing the serving, instead of the customers spooning the food onto their plates. But running with scissors? I'm not crazy, you know. )
EllieBC
(3,045 posts)I actually did run with scissors a few weeks ago. One of my kids was in the middle of a project and I was trying to make lunch and work out a small disagreement between my other 2. My oldest yelled she couldnt find her scissors so I ran a pair to her. I should just turn in my parenting card now.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,382 posts)"I should just turn in my parenting card now"
EllieBC
(3,045 posts)I will never live in a large city again. No way Im hopping a germ express every day for my commute.
Silent3
(15,427 posts)I realize we've only got rough ideas of these numbers anyway, but it seems that this has got to be a roughly logarithmic scale, because there's no way that opening your mail 9 times is anywhere near the risk of going to a bar once.