gianmarco
Footballguy
There's a post earlier on by @Terminalxylem about how infection has various factors that contribute to the illness you can get when exposed. The amount of virus you get exposed to (think of it as a dose) matters. Think of it as the difference between someone with active infection coughing directly into your face vs someone with only a few viral particles leaving some on a door handle that you then touch and expose yourself to. The former is more likely to cause infection with worse severity. It also depends on your overall health, age, pre existing conditions, etc.A lot of financial talk in here but I have a more medical/scientific question. @gianmarco and other medical folks - I keep hearing this about longer exposure or more exposure. I think I'm like most non-medical folks and look at this like it is binary. I either get COVID or I don't. Are the people who are dying that are younger ones that get extreme exposure or have underlying health issues? More directly, my son still goes to work almost daily at a grocery store so he's exposed by I'm trying to understand our level of risk when he comes home. I get the risk if I go shopping but with him coming home are we basically ok as long as we keep our distance from him? I hate the idea that he has to go out and come home but happy that he's young and healthy and working to help others. I'm just trying to gauge how concerned I should be.
Yes, there's risk with him going out with work and bringing it home. If he's good about decontamination before going home, it will help a lot. Removing clothes, showering immediately, etc. And if not distancing at home, wearing a mask wouldn't be a bad idea