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Chances of covid?
Today a fruit vendor had come up to our home with his cart. He wasnt masked. My double vaccinated dad bought fruits from him outside. My dad was masked and kept a fair bit of distance (>8ft) mostly while buying fruits. How likely is my father to get the virus? It took him less than 5 mins to purchase the fruits.
I know the biggest qualifier is if the vendor had covid but still want to know if this interaction is likely to cause covid?
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one cannot say with confidence that
you father will get the disease or not . the chances are less as you're father was fully masked and was following
social distancing
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Chances are very less.
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No, since your father was masked and fully vaccinated, and kept a safe distance, least chances to get infected from the vendor.
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Dr. V R Tindwani
Family Physician
51 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
Not likely as
Exposure was less than 5 mins, to get covid 8 to mins exposure needed, further it was not closed space , exposure was in open
Also social distancing and mask was there
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Dr. Hinali Thumar
General Physician
5 yrs exp
Rajkot
In this scenario There is likely chances to get infected by covid.. ask him to do proper hand washing afterwards
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Dr. Shubham Khandelwal
General Physician
11 yrs exp
Jaipur
The chances seem very very slim to contracting the virus at such a distance. Plus you don't know the status of the vendor. Be relaxed
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Wear a surgical/N95 mask
keep distance more than 6ft
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