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Collected Item: “Small Gatherings and Daily Activities are a Growing Risk”

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Small Gatherings and Daily Activities are a Growing Risk

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Many people are getting infected by COVID even at small gatherings with friends and family. Now that COVID is basically rising everywhere in the United States, the risk of getting infected at what would seem to be safe gatherings are now a potential risk. The article from the Wall Street Journal shows several accounts of people who were with 2-3 people not in their immediate household and contracted the virus.

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#HSE, #WallStreetJournal, #SmallGatherings

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-covid-surge-u-s-restrictions-11605466754?mod=e2tw

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Wall Street Journal

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2020-11-16
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