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Old Mar 10, 2020 | 1:11 pm
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Originally Posted by nk15
I agree, criminal negligence or negligent homicide, same goes for the regular flu, you show up at work sick and infect vulnerable co-worker and they die, it is on you (and your employer, if they did not have sick leave). I know it is controversial and tricky to criminalize this, but it is not much different from someone causing a DUI death. Unless you can show that you did all you could to avoid it.
Umm..... wow. This would be impossible since, most likely, lots of people who are colonized with SARS-Cov-2 are shedding virus without symptoms, or with minimal symptoms. However a DUI person is not colonized or asymptomatic. MRSA is another example of bad stuff that isn't getting similar attention. Some links to help you start having a better understanding of whats going on.

https://www.who.int/emergencies/dise...nical-guidance

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2719511/
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