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Re:Contaminated surface has under 1 in 10k chance of causing... by idoubtit on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @03:38AM (#26709144)
If someone touched infected surface every day during the past year, their risk of being contaminated would be about 3.6% according to this study (10^-4 at each contact). Touching twice per day would not double the risk, since the process is not linear. So 3.6% is a a kind of absolute maximum.

Note the paper suggest the real rate could be lower. For instance, a 10^-5 risk per contact would mean <0.4% risk for 365 contacts.

Re:Contaminated surface has under 1 in 10k chance of causing... by jjk166 on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @11:48AM (#26713324)
That's the odds if a person touched one surface every day. Touching the same surface twice would not double the risk, but touching two distinct surfaces would. Most people touch a lot more than one surface per day.