I have no need or interest to visit UT, but the fact that we’re about 35-40 minutes drive away from the university is not comforting. Fortunately, being retired means not having to interact daily with people who have college- or school-age kids.
Those college aged kids come home on the weekends so mama can do their laundry. The mama goes to the grocery store, to Walmart and is the server your favorite restaurant.
But you might interact with their grandparents who interacted with the student’s parents.
It’s too soon to know the efficacy of this pathogen, but we just purchased n95’s and n99’s just in case. Probably not a major concern and media hype, but...
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Most contagions are transmitted prior to debilitating symptoms