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palestra38
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03-10-20 09:55 AM - Post#303887
In response to penn nation

I agree that it is passed by personal contact---the kind of thing that happens in meetings and conventions, but much less in a 2 hour sporting event. Here is a very good description of transmission:

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda /2020/03/...

Unlike the Flu, this does not appear to be passed easily prior to symptoms showing nor is sneezing a common symptom. So either you get it from contaminated surfaces or if someone showing the disease coughs in your face, shakes your hand or kisses you. All pretty unlikely at a sports event. I'd be far warier of flying on an airplane with recycled air and less than perfect sanitizing than at a ballgame.

But do you suggest an Italy-style shutdown over what we have so far? Because that is what it sounds like.

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