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Old 12-12-2020, 09:38 AM
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This is sobering. This Covid virus is crazy good at transmitting itself, way more than previously expected.

A teen got COVID-19 from a woman who stood 20 feet away for 5 minutes - Business Insider
I read the article. At best it's possible that the teen got the virus from the woman. The fact that the teen was a student diminishes the probability the she got it from the woman. It is more probable that the teen got it from another student that was asymptomatic or one that showed very little symptoms. My wife is a high school teacher and the rate of infection in her high school is alarming at the very least. I wrote about this last March when some said they would never wear a mask. There is no consequence to spreading the virus. No one is guilty of transmitting the virus because it cannot be proven that they did so. If the virus brought along DNA from the one transmitting it than yes the source could be identified. But it doesn't so that woman is innocent until proven guilty and considering it cannot be proven then I guess she's as innocent as all the asymptomatic students.