by Mark Dempsey
First, here's a handy graph of your odds of getting exposed to COVID according to the size of gathering you attend:
That's put together for a county in Georgia, but I'd suggest it applies wherever you are.
Why be concerned if only one person has spread-able COVID?
For more about Sacramento County COVID and flu positivity, the best current public health policy has is this website/dashboard. It's only updated weekly, and not at all during holidays.
American healthcare ranks 37th in the world in outcomes like life expectancy, vaccination rates, infant mortality, etc. according to a study by the World Health Organization, between Slovenia and Costa Rica. The Sacramento Bee said "It's as though we have the healthcare of Costa Rica and pay six times more"...double what most single-payer countries pay, and single-payer ranks highest in that study.
Meanwhile, with 5% of the world's population, the US has experienced 22% of its COVID deaths.
If you're interested in more medical information about COVID and medicine in general, the Ground Truths blog is a good place to start.
Update: Here's the blog Ground Truth's COVID update.
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