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Covid: 19% of cases responsible for 80% of transmissions (theatlantic.com)
28 points by norswap on Oct 6, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


Super-spreader events seem to be how coronaviruses primarily infect others. They were key to how SARS and MERS spread too. So far, there isn't much demographic data on why certain people are "selected" to be super-spreaders.


All it would take is someone who talks a lot, and talks loudly, and who doesn’t wear a mask


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