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| | A one-time, brief encounter seems unlikely to transmit the disease, but a prolonged, repeated encounters with an infected person seems to have a high likelihood of contracting the disease. | | A one-time, brief encounter seems unlikely to transmit the disease, but a prolonged, repeated encounters with an infected person seems to have a high likelihood of contracting the disease. |
| | + | == A study of a bus-rider in China == |
| | + | A study of contagion in [[China]] showed that a single infected passenger riding on a bus caused numerous other passengers to be infected by the same virus. Coronavirus is thought to be more contagious than the ordinary flu. |
| | + | == Four players on the Nets == |
| | + | Four (4) basketball players on the same team (Nets) -- one of whom is injured and thus does not play/practice with the others -- have coronavirus.<ref>https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/coronavirus-kevin-durant-among-four-brooklyn-nets-players-who-tested-positive-for-covid-19-virus/</ref> |
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| − | A study of contagion in [[China]] showed that a single infected passenger riding on a bus caused numerous other passengers to be infected by the same virus. Coronavirus is thought to be more contagious than the ordinary flu.
| + | This is known only because the team paid for private testing, which the [[FDA]] and [[CDC]] belatedly allowed (private testing was prohibited by these totalitarian agencies earlier). |
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| | + | Only 1 of the 4 is symptomatic, which can mean many asymptomatic people are carrying and spreading the virus. |
| | + | == Washington nursing home == |
| | At a nursing home in the State of Washington where at least 25 of the residents (patients) have died from COVID-19, more than half of the residents have also tested positive for the virus despite a lack of likelihood of direct contact with other residents. In addition, there have been widespread infection about the employees:<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/03/14/coronavirus-hits-staffers-at-embattled-washington-state-nursing-home/</ref> | | At a nursing home in the State of Washington where at least 25 of the residents (patients) have died from COVID-19, more than half of the residents have also tested positive for the virus despite a lack of likelihood of direct contact with other residents. In addition, there have been widespread infection about the employees:<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/03/14/coronavirus-hits-staffers-at-embattled-washington-state-nursing-home/</ref> |
| | {{cquote|Of the 180-plus workers at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, 47 have tested positive and 24 have tested negative for COVID-19, KIRO-TV reporter Alison Grande tweeted. One employee had an inconclusive test and five are still waiting for their results. | | {{cquote|Of the 180-plus workers at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, 47 have tested positive and 24 have tested negative for COVID-19, KIRO-TV reporter Alison Grande tweeted. One employee had an inconclusive test and five are still waiting for their results. |