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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
No, but they could do the 45 min test on everyone and quarantine the positives. It is unlikely that a group of people who left NY/NJ to get away from the stay at home order would come here and self isolate
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They could do that, but, as has been talked about many times by the Docs they could test negative now and positive 1 to 5+ days from now. The incubation period after exposure is 5 days and symtoms take up to 11 days. That's what they haven't been able to deal with yet and is a major problem.
March 17, 2020
Source:University of Massachusetts Amherst
Summary:A new study calculates that the median incubation period for COVID-19 is just over 5 days and that 97.5% of people who develop symptoms will do so within 11.5 days of infection.
For those that still believe in science
the above came from here:
Median incubation period for COVID-19 -- ScienceDaily