Epidemiologists Say CDC Exaggerated Outdoor COVID Risks
Why can't the CDC get its facts straight? Once again, they're making the COVID-19 pandemic seem much worse than it is by hugely exaggerating the numbers.
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
The CDC released a misleading and inaccurate statistic about the rate of outdoor COVID-19 transmission, placing it at a “hugely exaggerated” 10%
A study from Ireland analyzed 232,164 cases of COVID-19; only 262 resulted from outdoor transmission — a transmission rate of just 0.1%
In a Chinese study, researchers analyzed 318 outbreaks with…