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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by hammock on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:05PM (#24213736)
>What, without evidence of it ever spreading from one person to another in a grocery store, you believe it isn't possible?

We have extensive contract tracing now in every state in the US, and around the world. I would think it wouldn't be that hard to show. Were you able to find any cases?

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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by komali2 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:51PM (#24215390)
We don't have extensive contact tracing. I've never once engaged with a contact tracing application, nor anybody that I know.

You failed to answer my previous question: is it impossible to extrapolate knowledge of how the virus spreads, to judge risk of various scenarios?

Do you require evidence from every permutation of possible activity?

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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by strbean on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:07PM (#24214749)
You want contact tracers to compile a database of the exact times every person with COVID was in a grocery store? This reeks of bad faith argument.
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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by hammock on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:55PM (#24215451)
Maybe I don't understand what contract tracers do. Do they not (attempt to) map out every place and person contacted?
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