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A child (about 8) threw up in church tonight, about 5 feet from me. he was coughing before this happened. how likely is it that i was contaminated?

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Droplets: If the child had an active viral infection the airborne droplets containing viruses could definitely have reached you and transmitted the infection. However adults are immune to many of these viral infections.

Answered 2/1/2015

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