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On April 5, however, the CDC page was replaced “In most situations, the risk of infection from touching a surface is low.” Oh is that so? The link goes to the following: Quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) studies have been conducted to understand and characterize the relative risk of SARS-CoV-2 fomite transmission and evaluate the need for and effectiveness of prevention measures to reduce risk. Findings of these studies suggest that the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection via the fomite transmission route is low, and generally less than 1 in 10,000, which means that each contact with a contaminated surface has...

York County election officials hope to count every available mail-in ballot and announce results before they go home late on Election Day. Opening of mail-in ballots will begin at 7 a.m. on Election Day — the earliest Pennsylvania law allows. Mail-ins will then be processed by a sworn-in contingent of 75 people at a special location — being kept secret until Sunday — that allows space for social distancing. It’s an expansion of the plan carried out during the June primary, when a contingent of 25 people processed 40,000 mail-in ballots, completing the task at about the same time as...