r/Glasgow Tools

im not sure what youve been seeing people doing outside mate but from what ive seen in parks around the city, all available research would suggest....yes. studies (i.e. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.04.20053058v1?campaign_id=0&emc=edit_nn_20200514&instance_id=0&nl=the-morning&regi_id=0&segment_id=0&te=1&user_id=b74358c4954dc24bf1450049d7ba544b) have shown that outdoor transmission is extremely rare, and ventilation and movement of air is absolutely key to transmission. unless youre coughing or screaming directly in someones face outdoors youll be fine. the countrys parks were rammed all summer. tons of people around, only moderate distancing.....and cases stayed in single figures. it was only when things started to reopen indoors (educational settings mostly, i suspect) in autumn that scotland got a second wave

and i have been to supermarkets, its impossible to fully socially distance because people just come at you and aisles are only a set width, and masks are far from 100% effective, especially if its just some shitty bit of cloth and not at least a n95/kn95. youre in an enclosed environment with limited ventilation, where masses of people are moving about unpredictably. im not an expert but from what i have seen in the literature i would unequivocally say yes, thats more hazardous than having a moderately distanced picnic in the park. and theres no mental health benefit to going to the supermarket.