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PoindexterOglethorpe

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10. Why were they tested? Did they have symptoms of this illness?

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Fri Mar 27, 2020, 05:05 AM

Mar 2020

If not, then why were they tested?

Is it possible that their elders have been self-isolating and are simply not getting sick?

Perhaps more to the point, how sick are they?

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Why were they tested? Did they have symptoms of this illness? PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #10