Seattle weather guru Cliff Mass weighs in on the ridiculous so-called quarantine:
Seattle Parks without Parking, Washington Beaches without Beachcombers
If you want to drive to a major Seattle park, you will not be able to park there.
And if you are looking forward to a walk on a Washington State ocean beach, forget it. The beaches are off limits.
And at many parks you will be hectored and bullied in way that is contradictory to the values of a free society.
Why?
Because some public officials believe, with virtually no evidence or basis in science, that these restrictions on outdoor areas are promoting public safety. These politicians and bureaucrats may mean well, but, in reality, they are harming many of those they wish to assist. They are also working against the most progressive values of our community, taking actions that are inconsistent with the essential principles of our democracy.
There is minimal risk of coronavirus spread outdoors. That is science.
This is not speculation or wishful thinking but based on the scientific literature, observational evidence, and fact-based logic. I reviewed some of the literature in my April 18th blog post and there has been more recent research during the past few months. For example, recent lab studies carried out by the U.S. Army’s high-level biosecurity laboratory at Fort Detrick, Md. (see below) found that the virus survived for only 2 minutes on a surface and as an aerosol droplet for only 90 seconds during the summer. And noted in my earlier blog, there is no documented example of COVID transmission in the outside air and there are many reasons for this, including the effects of solar ultraviolet radiation, the higher relative humidity, and the huge potential for dispersion (and thus low concentrations) in the vast quantity of outside air, enhanced by outdoor wind.
Much more at the site. Once again, what is happening is that public policy is being decided by narrative and not by numbers. This is wrong and there is no reason for it to ever happen. These "officials" are doing things that SOUND GOOD instead of doing things that DO GOOD and there is a huge difference between the two.
Be sure to read the 35+ comments - a lot of people in agreement.
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