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I suspect that the risk increases the longer you're in an enclosed space with someone shedding the virus. Thought experiment, if spending two hours in the church with people singing meant 50% got infected. Then spending 5 minutes assuming it's linear (and it likely isn't), is only a 2% chance.

Brings up the difference between public health risk and personal risk. Public health perspective you want contacts to be infrequent and importantly short.



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