“Brushing past someone in the produce section of Trader Joe’s in LA and then going to the beach for an ample dose of D3 is WAY different than sitting on a metro north train for 30m next to an infectious person.”
I agree and think that’s one of the keys. You get infected, you don’t know it for a while, so you keep taking that train, twice a day, for at least a week after the infection starts (not to mention the subway), so while your body is trying it’s hardest to hold the virus down so your healthy cells have time to ‘prep’ for the huge upcoming ‘war’ against the virus, you are dumping more virons into your body on a daily basis. So when then symptoms do show up, your cells are not nearly as prepared as they could have been - and you pay the price. Same thing for people in hospitals without adequate protective gear.
I do hope people, somewhere, get around to studying this stuff. It’s embarrassing how little we know about viruses, given that we’ve had 100 years to study them since the last, similar, pandemic.
The latest case from Taiwan is kind of scary - read for yourselves:
“On May 7, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced one new confirmed imported case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. Case #440 is an over 20-year-old female who visited Qatar for work in the second half of February. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 10 and received medical treatment in Qatar. After being treated, she was tested negative for COVID-19 twice and returned to her dormitory on April 8.
The CECC reported that the case didn’t show any symptoms when she returned to Taiwan on May 3. She voluntarily reported her previous diagnosis of COVID-19 to quarantine officers at the airport upon arrival. Although she was tested negative for COVID-19 on May 4, she had diarrhea the same day. Health agencies then arranged her medical care and COVID-19 testing on May 5. Infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in the case on May 7. The CECC is investigating passengers on the same flight as the case to identify contacts of the case.”
https://www.cdc.gov.tw/En/Bulletin/Detail/luxJ7okGbOKlEDqtYUgysA?typeid=158
Did you see the guy in South Korea, single handedly responsible for getting stuff closed down again-he went to 5 nightclubs, 2 convenience stores-so far responsible for 13 infections but they estimate he came into contact with 2000 people.