casual contact
Americannoun
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The majority of spread centered on three symptomatic individuals who infected others through seemingly casual contact at a crowded indoor birthday party and at a wake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
"We're not talking about casual contact from very far away from one another," she said, but "really physical contact".
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
It can also be spread through close physical contact with an infectious person; casual contact does not spread the virus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
Scientists do not believe it can spread easily through casual contact, as seasonal flu can.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
But Renato, a doctor himself, knows that Hansen’s disease is marginally contagious and cannot be spread through casual contact.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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