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ProfessorGAC

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7. I Thought It Was Spread By Rodents

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 06:43 PM

8 hrs ago

Can't envision how they would be as pernicious as a virus shared person to person just by our breathing.
Seems like a radically different situation.
Has there been evidence of P2P transmission. I don't recall hearing about that, but doesn't mean anything more than I may have missed it

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