Giant Stoneater wrote:al78 wrote:RocksRock wrote:On the busier mountains Nevis, Lomond etc there would be a risk of catching covid and it does not matter if your vaccinated or not you can still be a carrier showing no symptoms and it certainly does not matter whither you are rich or poor.
I think for practical purposes the chances of catching Covid from fellow hillwalkers is zero.
For comparison my brother was up from England in September for a long weekend. On the Saturday he went to the football at Parkhead. A full house.. He went to crowded football pubs before and after the game. Busy noisy pubs where it is necessary to lean in close and shout to be heard.On the Monday we had a family pub lunch. Around 12 of us around the same table for 2 hours. Tuesday he drove home. Wednesday symptoms showed. Thursday positive test. Family informed.
We all got tested. Nobody else in the pub had caught it. Even his wife and daughter who shared a car back to Cheltenham and a house with him did not catch it.
Since the start of this thing, every day a work, I have shared a car with different GPs doing house visits, often to Covid patients. I have never had any symptoms or tested positive despite some of the doctors I have worked with at various times catching it.
I think any risk from a few seconds within a metre or two of other hillwalkers is zero
But don't take my word.
"fleeting outdoor interactions, like passing someone on the street or on a bike path, carries negligible risk."
https://medical.mit.edu/covid-19-updates/2021/08/how-safe-outdoor-activities.