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For the non-native speakers, what does 'exposed' mean in this sentence?

• tyingq 7y ago
  Since you can't wear gloves and masks when eating, the person was less protected, so...more "exposed".
  • JoeAltmaier 7y ago
    ...and spend time confined in there with a dozen other people at a time, breathing the same air and sitting at the same table.
    • AuthorizedCust 7y ago
      And that was probably it. The language from credible authorities is typically that surface transmission is much less of a factor than breathing in what someone else just breathed out. E.g., "Transmission of coronavirus occurs much more commonly through respiratory droplets than through fomites." (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cleaning-disinfection.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-si...) Sorry for the weasel words, but there's so much the science isn't clear on that they remain necessary.
    • rtx 7y ago
      It might be more to do with eating.
• JoeAltmaier 7y ago
  His co-worker he was closely confined with (small plant; small lunch room) has tested positive and is hospitalized. The plant was closed, and some massive sterilization procedure underway. And of course my son the line Engineer was called in to help close the plant (stop all the machines since the operators were sent home; unload and purge the materials; pickle the storage and computer systems). So his exposure there was 100X everybody else's as he had to visit every machine and every place in the plant.
• itronitron 7y ago
  'potentially infected' (exposed to the virus)
• deleted 7y ago
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