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How long are people contagious in an epidemic?
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Varies by diseases: It varies among illnesses and is hard to predict in individual people. A general rough estimate is that a person is contagious for seven days after the symptoms appear or at least one day after all symptoms are gone, whichever is longer.
Answered 2/10/2016
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