Contacts, quarantine, tests and cases: what the numbers actually tell you
Contacts are people identified for possible exposure. Quarantine and observation describe response. A case needs evidence and a definition.
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Explainers
How pneumonic plague spreads, and what would show it spreading
A quarantine can be a precaution for one high-consequence exposure. The decisive question is whether another person developed plague and how they were exposed.
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