This data combines all transmission among people who *live together* with “social gatherings.” It is being used to argue that we should stop regulating businesses & other workplaces & focus instead on blaming private parties. https://twitter.com/patkiernan/status/1337440192379150337
Most people who catch covid catch it from people they live with. That’s been true since day 1. But the chain of transmission starts when a member of a household brings the virus home from somewhere else, eg unsafe workplaces.
So when a worker is infected and then transmits infection to 3 other people in their family/household, there are two ways we can respond: 1) address workplace safety OR 2) say 75% of transmission happened in the household so there’s nothing we can do.
Cuomo is closing indoor dining in NYC, which is the right move. Data like this, presented in a misleading way, will be used by restaurants to challenge those restrictions.
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