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droplets breathed out in face-to-face contact
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with a susceptible person
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and inhaled by that person.
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Normally the spread was in the context of intense contact
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over a period of time; that is, a family member,
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or someone on a hospital ward, in an enclosed workplace--
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an office, a factory, a mine--
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a school classroom, an army barrack, a refugee camp.
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And it's most easily transmitted
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in dry, cool seasons.
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That's the primary mode of transmission.
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There are two more, however,