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Is it true that tb requires hours to be contracted? could i have gotten it by talking to someone with tb, both unmasked, standing about a meter away, for 5 mins? or was that 0 risk situation? am now paranoid to talk to random people?

Q: is it true that tb requires hours to be contracted? could i have gotten it by talking to someone with tb, both unmasked, standing about a meter away, for 5 mins? or was that 0 risk situation? am now paranoid to talk to random people?

: Yes typically it needs to be prolonged contact -serveral hours and very close. So your contact is not the way TB is spread.

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Yes typically it needs to be prolonged contact -serveral hours and very close. So your contact is not the way TB is spread.

Answered 7/12/2023

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A member asked:

Is it true that tb requires hours to be contracted? could i have gotten it by talking to someone with tb, both unmasked, standing about a meter away, for 5 mins? or was that 0 risk situation? am now paranoid to talk to random people?

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Dr. Barbara MacFarlane answered

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