What Causes the Spread of COVID-19?

For John, BLUF:  There is a lot we don't yet know about COVID-19.  This report doesn't clear up many questions, but it does illuminate the spreadth of unknown factors, both known unknowns and unknown unknowns.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Dog owners who walk pooches at higher risk of contracting COVID-19: study

From The New York Post, by Reporter Jackie Salo, 17 November 2020.

Here is the lede plus two:

Dog owners who walk their pooches are 78% more likely to come down with COVID-19, a new study claims.

Researchers from the University of Granada surveyed 2,086 people about their daily habits during the pandemic to assess the risk of various activities, according to a paper in the journal Environmental Research.

They found that people who walked their dogs had a significantly higher chance of catching the virus — with an increased risk of 78% compared to the average person.

My Middle Brother and I have different views on the needed collection of data.  I say that it is the job of the local Public Health Officer to collect information in light of local knowledger of the local population.  My Brother things this is a job for Federal Agencies, such as the NIH and CDC.♠  .

We need to be looking into the various anomolies regarding COVID-19.  We need to be inquisitive.  Why were, in Lowell, numbers disproportionately high for Black Residents in the beginning (Some 18% of cases, for 6.8% of the population) but even now?  We need people to ask more questions.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  I expect that the true answer is that it takes efforts on the part of both.  Working in an office in Atlanta (or working from home in the Atlanta Conurbation) one can miss a lot of what is happening in America.  At the same time, a local Public Health official may not see across reports and have trends pop out.