[cgbg]

the risk of transmission for employees not in close contact with the stricken individual “is assessed to be low.”

This ridiculous comment is how you turn an epidemic into a pandemic.

The employee would have touched surfaces throughout the building, particularly in the rest room, break area, and any other common areas.

Anyone else who touched those surfaces would be at a _high_ risk for exposure, not a low risk.

The wise course would be to isolate and then test everyone who had access to the floor where the employee worked (or at least who used the areas I discussed) over the last several days.

That is _not_ CDC protocol, and that is why a week from now (after testing is done at scale and results are released) the numbers will be very high.

[yesthatjallen]

This ridiculous comment is how you turn an epidemic into a pandemic.

Right now all any of us can do is be aware of the problem and points of transmission and take precautions.

No one can protect you but you.