NEW: 3 minutes “casual contact” led to transmission in NZ where cases rare & contact tracing very detailed. But now “concern mounts over the revelation of one port worker contracted #COVID19 after just 3 minutes of contact w/ a sick man.” WORRISOME. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-what-we-know-about-this-latest-outbreak/ZKGSBHIK4QL5X7OGYPS5QWSPZA/

2) this is precisely why the old CDC 15 consecutive minutes close contact rule was abolished. It’s now 15 cumulative minutes over a day. But clearly just 3 minutes is enough according to NZ contract tracing. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1319018336026578944

3) this is on top of the new Vermont prison epidemic of lots of short intermittent exposure to asymptomatic inmate led to prison guard contracting the Coronavirus. https://twitter.com/alinouriphd/status/1319013745683816449