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So this was in my Epi book (Epidemiology 3rd Ed. by Leon Gordis)
Alright, this is just too bizarre, for me not to post.
Either that or my head cold is more serious than I thought.
"An infected individual can transmit influenza or the common cold to a score of others in the course of an innocent hour in a crowded room. A venereal infection also, must spread progressively from person to person if it is to maintain itself in nature, but it would be a formidable task to transmit venereal infection on such scale."
-Mims
A task?
Alright, this is just too bizarre, for me not to post.
Either that or my head cold is more serious than I thought.
"An infected individual can transmit influenza or the common cold to a score of others in the course of an innocent hour in a crowded room. A venereal infection also, must spread progressively from person to person if it is to maintain itself in nature, but it would be a formidable task to transmit venereal infection on such scale."
-Mims
A task?