[cuban leaf]

But then there is the examining room in the ER. A lot of contact there. And the bathroom on the plane and the airport and later at Walmart. A lot of potential contact - flight attendants, other passengers, immigration, TSA, hospital employees, ambulance drivers, on and on.

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Yes, all risks. But in the family environment there is a much higher instance of both quality and quantity of contact. Not saying it can’t happen wherever a person has touched stuff, but it is more easily transmitted to people with whom you share a home. Much easier. In fact, it’s odd that only ONE person from the home has it. So far...

[silverleaf]

this dude visited an ER on Sep 24 (ever been to an ER with “flu”? Wonder how long he waited to be seen? Hours.

Did he use a hospital toilet? Did he wash his hands? Touch anything in the bathroom or the waiting room? Touch a magazine? A seat? An armrest?

How did the airline passenger with Sawyer get sick? It was touching something a body fluid touched. Thus dude flew 2-3 airline flights - transferred in Brussels and again at Dulles. Touch anything on the airplane? Use the bathroom? Touch anything at the airports? Take a cab? Was obviously symptomatic within 2 days.

Patient Zero in Dallas on Sep 24 was discharged with antibiotics and showed up again 2 days later, was finally quarantined on Sep 28. Really? Where was he for 2-4 more days? Did he self quarantine? Go out in public? He had diarrhea and was vomiting. Did he touch anything that might have had his body fluid on it? Did the rest of his family? Like money?

[ladyjane]

The ER is a huge risk. Imagine checking this guy’s lymph nodes. Imagine taking his temperature, throwing the plastic cover in the trash - covered with his saliva. Thinking about it is making me sick.