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There is a strong possibility the coronavirus virus was spread across the Biogen gathering by 8 infected persons using the venue’s restrooms, i.e.: Asymptomatic infected people are shedding the virus in their stool (documented in research journals.). Flush toilets disperse aerosolized pathogens throughout the stall (documented.) The next person using that toilet picks up the bug. Underwear is covered with micro-particles of feces (documented). Most men don’t wash their hands after using the toilet or urinal. A conference attendee could be receiving a coronavirus-covered firm, collegial but toxic handshake. Their contaminated hands move on to touch the appetizer tray. FYI: Latest research indicates coronavirus is a GI pathogen (avoid bat soup), heads for the colon, with diarrhea a frequent, under-reported, sentinel symptom. This occurs before the CDC/WHO’s watch-for “dry cough, fever and dyspnea”. Feces tests positive before the virus is detected in the upper airway. A productive, virus-spreading cough comes later. So if an asymptomatic patient uses a toilet - home, workplace, airport terminal, hospital waiting room - it becomes contaminated with coronavirus: aerosolization from flushing and lax hand washing. (Only 31% of men wash their hands after using thetoilet ! - NYTimes 3/5/20). Anyone using those toilets or cleaning them afterward is then exposed to the virus. A suspected, self-quarantined patient can spread the virus to family members, unless each has their own bathroom. In nursing homes, an infected Alzheimer patient’s micro-fecal vectors can be numerous. Soiled adult diapers, contaminated bed linen, staff/visitors tracking contaminants on their shoes et al. Are these old people really spewing respiratory droplets on each other from their beds or wheelchairs ? If not, how is the virus infecting more residents and staff? Tracking fecal contamination may be an impossible task. What toilets were used by asymptomatic patients, who did their laundry, who shook hands with them (after they hurried out of a rest room, hands unwashed ?) The CDC and WHO “guesstimate” how long the virus survives on surfaces -a big unknown. Obsessing over oral swabs is not slowing this pandemic and staying six feet away from each other is not a solution.