This is how much damage you can cause by ignoring social distancing

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  • A new CDC case study has revealed the impact just one person can have when they don't adhere to social distancing guidelines during the coronavirus pandemic.
  • One family member with mild symptoms attended two family gatherings in Chicago and ended up infecting 16 family members with the coronavirus, resulting in three deaths.
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For anyone out there who's been slacking a bit on their social distancing and quarantine behaviors lately, even though you may be starting to hear that the nation is seeing a few "glimmers of hope" in our coronavirus data, this one is for you.

How much damage can one person really do by not adhering to those social distancing guidelines, you might be tempted to ask yourself. A new case study the CDC conducted of a Chicago family provides the answer. In short, one family member displaying apparently mild symptoms of the virus showed up to a funeral, and that set off a chain reaction of infection within the family -- resulting in 16 family members being infected, as well as three, sadly, dying from the virus.

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This is how much damage you can cause by ignoring social distancing originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 9 Apr 2020 at 17:16:16 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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