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> ... it seems I managed to avoid both. Unfortunately I don't think you'll know for sure if you got sick for at least a few more days. For COVID-19, I think t
by johntash 7y ago
> ... it seems I managed to avoid both.
Unfortunately I don't think you'll know for sure if you got sick for at least a few more days. For COVID-19, I think there is a 5-7 day period where you can show no symptoms (but still pass it on to other people.) And even for the regular cold/flu, it can take a couple days for symptoms to show up.
I agree with everything else you said though; wash your hands often, use hand sanitizer, bring lysol/clorox wipes with you and wipe down any shared surfaces if possible.
- katbyte 7y agoIt can actually be upto three weeks before symptoms show all the while being infectious.
- Thriptic 7y agoIf it's true that there is a three week latency period while you can still be infectious then we are screwed. There's basically nothing you can do because quarantine becomes impossible short of forcibly quarantining everyone. If even Xi Jinping doesn't have the political cover to pull it off, the US political leadership surely won't.
- Izkata 7y agoThe absolute highest outlier (like, only one case so far) seems to be 27 days, with the vast majority being under 5 days.
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