What’s the Risk of Catching Covid-19 in an Outdoor Crowd?

Odds of a superspreader event varied greatly outside versus inside the U.S. Capitol

Robert Roy Britt
Elemental
Published in
3 min readJan 12, 2021

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Photo: Alex Edelman/Getty Images

Last week’s events at the nation’s Capitol once again raised questions about the risk of Covid-19 transmission in large gatherings not just inside but outside—in this case, where people were packed tightly on and near the steps…

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Robert Roy Britt
Elemental

Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB