NEW YORK
Coronavirus patient reportedly commuted on Metro-North
By David Meyer, Julia Marsh and Bruce Golding
March 3, 2020 | 4:58pm
The Manhattan lawyer hospitalized with coronavirus commuted regularly from his home in New Rochelle on the Metro-North Railroad, according to a report Tuesday.
But it’s unlikely that he used the city’s subway system because his office is within walking distance of Grand Central Terminal, ABC News said, citing a source familiar with the case.
https://nypost.com/2020/03/03/coronavirus-patient-reportedly-commuted-on-metro-north/
For those who don’t know, metro-north is the commuter rail lines connecting the suburbs to NYC. It operates in New York, New Jersey, and CT.
The commuter trains are crowded during rush hour, so he probably infected several passengers on each trip.
The train stations themselves are crowded during rush hour.
Any surface he touched would have infected others for at least a couple of days.
You get the idea...
Don’t the NY subway stations have news stands and food places? He could have gone downstairs to one of those, I suppose, before or after work. And since he works near Grand Central Station, he could have frequented shops there, too.