💨🚧😷 Respiratory viruses are much more likely to spread indoors than outdoors, but outdoor super-spreading events can still occur if the conditions are right.

A new study describes a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak affecting 131 people at a night market. 🧵
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💨🚧😷 This study shows that super-spreading events can occur outside if the conditions are right. It’s probably a good idea to continue to wear a mask outside if the environment is crowded. 💨 🐲 (points made by Dr Zoë Hyde, Epidemiologist & biostatistician. OzSAGE scientific advisory group member. We need a #VaccinesPlus strategy for #COVID19.) https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1153303/full 04 July 2023 COVIDisAirborne* 💨 🐲 #covid19 #virus #transmission #worldnewsupdates #sitreps #superspreading #events