A woman spread coronavirus to 56 others at a Starbucks – guess why no employees caught COVID-19

[Zach Epstein]

• A single infected woman recently caused a coronavirus outbreak at a Starbucks when she bought coffee at the store and then drank it there without a mask.
• 56 people were infected with COVID-19 during the course of the woman's stay in the shop.
• Despite multiple Starbucks employees having close contact with the woman, none of the workers tested positive for COVID-19 — and we're sure you can all guess why.

It seems like some people want to become cautionary tales. We're now more than seven months into the worst pandemic of this generation, and yet so many people across the United States and around the world continue to be careless. There are really just a few things people need to do in order to drastically reduce the risk of catching and spreading the novel coronavirus, and yet so many people fail to do take those simple precautions. At this point, there's simply no excuse.

The most important thing you can do is wear a face mask anytime you're outside your home. Since the novel coronavirus infects a host by entering the respiratory system, protecting your respiratory system obviously reduces your chances of catching COVID-19. Beyond that, infected people spread the virus by expelling microscopic droplets from their mouths when they cough, sneeze, sing, yell, or even just talk normally — and the virus can be spread by carriers even if they don't exhibit any symptoms. If you have COVID-19 and you wear a mask, your odds of spreading it to others decrease dramatically.

Social distancing and good hygiene are very important as well, but face masks are the most important weapon we have in the fight against the novel coronavirus. And now, news of another coronavirus outbreak at a Starbucks is our latest reminder of what happens when you fail to take the necessary precautions.

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