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CDC Misleading Public With Outdoor Virus Transmission Figure: Report

Eric Quintanar
CDC Misleading Public With Outdoor Virus Transmission Figure: Report
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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has been misleading the general public on how often the data shows the novel coronavirus spreading from person-to-person in outdoor settings, The New York Times argued in a report Tuesday. 

Only weeks ago, in late April, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walesnky said that less than 10% of documented COVID-19 transmission cases, as recorded in various studies, can be attributed to outdoor transmission. Dr. Walesnky used this figure when making the point that data suggests “most of transmission is happening indoors rather than outdoors.”

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