Originally posted by Bobby Henderson
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In a movie theatre which has limited capacity and distanced seating it is a completely different scenario. People are spread out and don't interact closely with the other patrons. Vocalization is limited and is done at low volume even before the movie.
The virus doesn't spread like a game of telephone. A single infected person in a movie theater isn't going to spread it to a large percentage of people in the auditorium. There is some risk to the people seated closest to the infected person. A single infected person is only going to be able to spread it to people that they are close to for a prolonged period of time. At a funeral service, that could be 20 or 30 people. In a movie theatre it will be somewhere between zero and a couple of people.
As far as risk in places where there can be "large gatherings" the rank of risk from least to highest would be:
Outdoor stadium/beach
Domed stadium
Movie theatre/indoor arena
Restaurant
Bar/Church
Night club/strip club
Nothing except a strict and secure quarantine where you have absolutely no interaction with anybody that has left your household is zero risk. However, I still fail to see why it is seen as a "risk" for anybody under age 60 who doesn't have morbid obesity or diabetes if you don't live with people or spend time with people who are over 60 or have those risk factors.
You can get the flu from going to a movie but nobody ever cared about that. For non-elderly people the risk of a serious issue from COVID is not any higher than it is from the flu. A friend of mine's healthy daughter in her 30's died from the flu in 2019. It is rare but it happens. In Florida, the case fatality rate for people under 55 is 0.18% and that doesn't include the countless asymptomatic cases that were never discovered. In reality it is somewhere between .02% and .09% if you knew how many cases were undiscovered.
Life is short. Live your life. Use common sense like social distancing and not packing into a small space with a bunch of people. My dad passed away last month (not from COVID) and had spent the last five months of his life when he was healthy never going anywhere or doing anything except for a couple of doctor's appointments. During those months I only saw him twice for a short time outdoors. Point being that he did everything "right" to hide from COVID but ended up passing away anyway from something else.
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