This is you, again, twisting data to support OPEN NOW!
Don't use a summary, go to the source...
Person-to-person spread
The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person.
- Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet).
- Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks.
- These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs.
- COVID-19 may be spread by people who are not showing symptoms.
The virus spreads easily between people
How easily a virus spreads from person-to-person can vary. Some viruses are highly contagious, like measles, while other viruses do not spread as easily. Another factor is whether the spread is sustained, which means it goes from person-to-person without stopping.
The virus that causes COVID-19 is spreading very easily and sustainably between people. Information from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic suggest that this virus is spreading more efficiently than influenza, but not as efficiently as measles, which is highly contagious.
The virus does not spread easily in other ways
COVID-19 is a new disease and we are still learning about how it spreads. It may be possible for COVID-19 to spread in other ways, but these are not thought to be the main ways the virus spreads.
- From touching surfaces or objects. It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes. This is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads, but we are still learning more about this virus.
Takeaways directly from the CDC:
1. COVID is more infectious than the flu. The "open now" movement keeps wanting to say that it's only as bad as the flu. But, if you're running to the CDC for your info, you have to take all their info as fact. COVID is more infectious than the flu.
2. COVID spreads easily. Period. Again, here's the CDC (the source you're using) making that very plain.
3. COVID spreads easily through respiratory droplets. Again, this is the CDC saying that. So... how do we reduce this easily infectious disease from being easily transmitted through respiratory droplets?
- Social distancing.
- Wear masks.
4. The part from the CDC about "not spread easily in other ways" is not the same thing as "doesn't really spread at all in other ways." The CDC admits the science is out on just how transmissible COVID is when landing on surfaces (via droplets or touch). However, keep in mind, that a lot of what has been happening with lock-downs and social distancing and masks isn't so much to avoid contact through things. It is this
contact through things that the CDC is saying is
likely not as infectious as just being around people not wearing masks. This is the "FACT" that is unsure. Not the facts of points 1-3 above which has been driving the shut-downs, distancing, and masks. It is clear the CDC (your source you're quoting) believes that the points 1-3 above are indeed facts [as much as the scientific method allows].
But hey, thanks for admitting that we should trust what the CDC says and recommends!
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