Has there been a single documented case of a runner spreading COVID to others?

No. How and why would such a thing be documented? How would anyone be able to prove that was what gave them covid.

And then why would they document it even if they could? We know that someone with covid who is expelling aerosolised saliva is a cause of transmission. There's no need to prove what we already know.

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How and why would such a thing be documented?

Why should it be documented? Maybe because the "experts" are claiming that runners can give others covid just by running within 6' of them. If they are making this claim then they must have evidence that it has happened, right? Otherwise they're just spouting BS.

If transmission was happening due to walking around outside at any kind of scale it would be obvious, because everyone would have it.

The fact that the virus's prevalence remains as low as it is seems like evidence that it is not spreading in such common, banal scenarios as those described in the OP.

You could see significant outbreaks happening at public parks, or among runners or running clubs, cyclists...anyone seen anything like that? I have not. And yet everyone is walking around in 90 degree heat with a mask like self-righteous masochists.

To get through this we need to be smart about harm reduction...we need to know what things aren't safe to do (bars, clubs, etc.), but also what can be done at a minimum of risk (like being maskless outdoors) that will provide some pleasure and enjoyment.

If you’ve been to a local road race the past 20 years, you’d notice a large percentage of the registrants are the exact demographic that are most at risk. So was your question rhetorical? 30000 people waddle through Disney every January In over 5hrs.

Phantom Menance wrote:

If transmission was happening due to walking around outside at any kind of scale it would be obvious, because everyone would have it.

The fact that the virus's prevalence remains as low as it is seems like evidence that it is not spreading in such common, banal scenarios as those described in the OP.

Outdoor aerosol transition is very unlikely, in almost any normal circumstance, due to the very quick virous concentration depletion. Sunlight is one of nature’s best disinfectants.

Spending time outside, and around others when outdoors, is very safe. Can’t say the same about indoors though - not yet anyways.

The good takeaways of what the statistics reveal about “cases on the rise” is testing has increased consistently over time, the severity of the virous, now, is that it is much less severe, has mutated in such a way that it seems to be petering out in its strength, “cases” is an interesting word... it is apparent from doctors comments that the use of steroids and other anti-vitals are working well now in part due to the decreased strength of C-19, also doctors comments (which by the way should be taken much more seriously then political and media comments) indicate for those that do have to be hospitalized for C-19 that their time in the hospital is far shorter then just a month ago.

This precautions we took earlier in the year were absolutely necessary and did work to flatten the curve. There will be increases in cases and decreases as C-19 runs its course. The important statistic is deaths and to date deaths have been dropping which is great news even though the propensity to classify people that die to have died because of C-19 not with C-19. Over 50% of deaths in the USA with C-19 have been to people in nursing home. People in nursing homes, under normal circumstance, are on borrowed time due to their age, diminished immun system and Co-morbidities.

Phantom Menance wrote:

Has there been a single documented case of a runner, walker, or cyclist spreading COVID to people they pass on the sidewalk, masked or not?

No, and that wouldn't be possible.

Disko Eric wrote:

If you’ve been to a local road race the past 20 years, you’d notice a large percentage of the registrants are the exact demographic that are most at risk.

bedridden elderly nursing home residents with less than 1 year life expectancy, yes better get that last road race in

It was in the 70s when everyone thought pasta was the superfood for track and field athletes.

Truth was, it was the only thing T&F athletes could afford to buy that went a long way.

The reporters would ask each winner at a meet, back then, what did you eat last meal?

Even today, high school athletes swear by pasta when anyone who took a basic science coarse

knows pasta is just a bowl of sugar.

critic 100 wrote:

pasta is just a bowl of sugar.

I’ll go with sprouting bs. The incompetence and inconsistency in messaging has become noise only. I for one will be none to surprised if and when this is confirmed as flu like virus which unfortunately the pathology is those with real chronic health issues are in the crosshairs of. The most alarming thing is just how poor health the population is. Nearly 90% of all chronic disease is brought on by personal choices and decisions. Those born with are dealt a bad had, the others who through diet, smoking, inactive lifestyle this has caught up with you all at once. 1/3 deaths has been from nursing facility or long term care environment. Spikes are from testing and from those in the hot weather states most likely passing the virus due to indoor ventilation and poor air circulation.

Until much more is clear about this virus, I am remaining cautious about running on our local trails, which are crawling with people. I'm getting in all of my miles on the treadmill. In the Fall when it starts to get chilly and wet, traffic on the trails will plummet and I'll get back out there. By mid November, I'll be able to run 20 miles and see maybe 10 people out there.

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No. How and why would such a thing be documented? How would anyone be able to prove that was what gave them covid.

And then why would they document it even if they could? We know that someone with covid who is expelling aerosolised saliva is a cause of transmission. There's no need to prove what we already know.

You could have shortened that post considerably by saying you did not know of any

Bad Wigins wrote:

Disko Eric wrote:

If you’ve been to a local road race the past 20 years, you’d notice a large percentage of the registrants are the exact demographic that are most at risk.

bedridden elderly nursing home residents with less than 1 year life expectancy, yes better get that last road race in

Nice one

Yes. Next question.