Sad to say if history tells us anything it is this: The last major smallpox epidemic in the United States occurred in Boston, Massachusetts throughout a three-year period, between 1901-1903. During this three-year period, 1596 cases of the disease occurred throughout the city. Of those cases, nearly 300 people died. We will not have anything to fight this virus for some time. Please stay away from others. You have no idea who is positive even if you know them. It is now thought (I thought all along) this is also an airborne virus. The positive people only have to talk to you and they spew the virus back out into the air. The virus doesn't know anything about six feet. MIT has measured a sneeze going 27 feet and lingering in the air for several hours.
Please stay safe and alive.
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