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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So yes it will be in the air, but the droplets don't sit there in a cloud waiting for you to walk into it. Once it is coughed or sneezed or breathed out it will begin to dissipate as gasses naturally move from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration. You need a certain amount of exposure to get it so unless you breathe in what someone just breathed out you will be fine. Being outside in the fresh air is probably one of the best things you can do for yourself right now. How lucky we are to have such marvelous weather. [/quote]

Dr. Osterholm said cruise ships get it when quarantined because the virus starts circling through the boat's air system -- same is true for senior centers?[/quote]

I'm not a virologist but it seems totally obvious to me that cruise ship passengers get it when quarantined because they are eating food prepared by asymptomatic carriers, and that senior center residents get it because care givers are going from room to room without being aware that they are spreading it because they didn't have any reason to expect it to be in the center (or because they are themselves sick but don't realize it yet).  In most of these senior centers, the caregivers have to see a LOT of patients in a day.  And most residents are going to have pretty direct contact with probably a dozen people a day (the CNA that gives them a bath and changes their clothes; the RN that checks on them; maybe a MD; often a physical therapist or nutrtionist; several people from the kitchen that prepare their food; the folks that work in the laundry washing their clothes, etc.)  Like the cruise ships, if one staff member is sick and doesn't realize it, they can spread it to dozens of people in one day.
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