January 5, 2024

How I Came to See Value in Defiance

I was walking past youth skateboarders, I noticed they were ignoring social distancing rules during the pandemic. My immediate reaction was critical. However, I reconsided as research shows children to be highly resistant, how Sweden succeeded without lockdowns, and as I remembered my own rebellious youth. Although unintentional, the skaters’ mass gatherings may have safely helped build up our local COVID herd immunity.

Citation: Heston TF. How Skateboarders Can Save the World From COVID-19. Authorea. January 04, 2024. 10.22541/au.170433178.85059098/v1  / 10.5281/zenodo.10079716.

Initially published on Medium: https://medium.com/@tomhestonmd/how-skateboarders-can-save-the-world-from-covid-19-c8e053a222a4