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Without requiring vaccines, filled stadiums are unsafe
Some 135,000 fans gathered in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Indy 500 over the 2021 Memorial Day Weekend. A Washington University in St. Louis mathematician, who helped write a scientific formula and a paper regarding the risk analysis of fans attending sporting events, has a simple, evidence-driven answer to two questions about that race crowd: How many were vaccinated? How many were safe from COVID-19 transmission?
Not enough.
McCarthy
This has little to do with whether fans were masked, socially distanced, even scream-free to the point where potentially infectious droplets weren’t moisturizing the air much like the ever-present milk that is chugged in Victory Lane by the Indy 500 winner.
WashU Expert: Without requiring vaccines, filled stadiums are unsafe
Circa April 2021: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Gate Two Entrance. IMS is preparing for the Indy 500 and Brickyard 400 in the age of social distancing. (Photo: Shutterstock)
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Some 135,000 fans gathered in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Indy 500 over the 2021 Memorial Day Weekend. A Washington University in St. Louis mathematician, who helped write a scientific formula and a paper regarding the risk analysis of fans attending sporting events, has a simple, evidence-driven answer to two questions about that race crowd:
How many were vaccinated? How many were safe from COVID-19 transmission?
Not enough.
(Image: Shutterstock)
As states and municipalities begin to roll out mass vaccination campaigns, some people have dared to ask: When will it be safe to resume “normal” activities again? For those in most parts of the United States, the risk of COVID-19 infection remains extremely high.
People now have access to better real-time information about infection rates and transmission at the county or city level, but they still need a framework to help them decide what is safe to do. Social distancing and shutting businesses have reduced the number of cases, but there is mounting pressure to reopen businesses and classrooms.
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As states and municipalities begin to roll out mass vaccination campaigns, some people have dared to ask: When will it be safe to resume normal activities again? For those in most parts of the United States, the risk of COVID-19 infection remains extremely high.
People now have access to better real-time information about infection rates and transmission at the county or city level, but they still need a framework to help them decide what is safe to do. Social distancing and shutting businesses have reduced the number of cases, but there is mounting pressure to reopen businesses and classrooms.