How Much Should We Worry about COVID When Gathering Outside?

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🗓️ 31 July 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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After more than four months of limited activity and isolation, Californians have been itching to socialize. Even as cases rise in the state, many have become emboldened to gather in the safest place they can -- outdoors. But how safe is it? Public health officials across the state have been warning against the large gatherings that are increasingly popping up at public parks and beaches. We’ll get the latest on what we know about outdoor transmission of COVID-19 and the safest ways to see friends and family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:37.9	But first, the surges in cases and deaths are prompting some public health officials to ask Californians to pull back on their outdoor
1:45.4	socializing. We'll take your questions about how safe it really is to gather in groups outdoors.
1:51.5	Join us after this news. This is Forum. I'm Nina Kim. How safe are outdoor group gatherings with friends, relatives, or others not in your household. With the state seeing a surge of coronavirus cases
2:19.8	and deaths, some public health officials are now asking Californians to rein in socializing outdoors,
2:26.6	leaving many to wonder if the risk of virus transmission truly is much lower outside. To help us out,
2:35.7	we're joined now by Art Reingold,
2:40.3	professor and head of the Division of Epidemiology at UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
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