Adamski wrote:I'd say in their defence the risks of catching Covid outside are very very low, so a garden party is a relatively safe activity, compared to say an indoor meetup. Outside you can stick to social distancing easier and your breath gets caught up in the breeze, so someone is less likely to breathe in Covid. I'm kind of in both camps as can see people I know being covidiots doing stupid stuff, but others have the risks I think out of perspective as we also need to have return to normality. I have a relative jumping into traffic to avoid people and treating close relatives like lepers even when both she and they have had the jab. I think sometimes we need to chill a bit and see the bigger picture.
Yes, catching Covid outside is not easy, but we're not talking about a walk along a windy beach. This is a group of people in a garden, handing round drinks, plates, knives, forks, moving chairs, picking up things that other people have just touched. The hands are like 5-star hotels for viruses and if there are kids with sticky hands involved, you can bet that any virus will end up on everyone. Just because someone's had the vaccination doesn't mean they can't help to transmit the virus to others.
Vaccine or not, having a party is just irresponsible. I can't believe that after all this time, people still haven't grasped how these things work.
Steve