Staying at a multi-guest home and other guest is coughing

[Jeffrey433]

Has me a little worried. He is coughing non stop, I asked him about it and he says its from smoking....

I think hes lieing and is sick.

Considering just leaving and staying at a hotel. 

[Jeffrey433]

Hes coughing every couple of seconds or so.  I'm super pissed, why would you stay at a multi guest house if youre sick???

[Helen3]

Why would you put yourself at increased risk of becoming infected with Covid by choosing to stay at a listing offering multiple rooms.

I bet all those staying there including yourself  aren’t practicing social distancing 😢

[Jeffrey433]

Im an introvert so Ive always social distanced.  I assumed that by keeping distance, wearing a mask, and not sneezing and coughing all over the place that risks were minimal.

[Kelly149]

@Jeffrey433 current advice is to consider every person in the whole world as a possible carrier, why are you staying in a group house if you're concerned? 

Everyone is a risk... coughing or not

[Jeffrey433]

Well this will be the last group house I stay at for sure.  I assumed people would be considerate enough not to stay at a group home if they are actually SHOWING signs of being sick.

[Anonymous]

@Jeffrey433  

"I assumed that those random strangers from the bar would be considerate enough not to have unprotected sex with me if they were actually SHOWING signs of HIV."

Can you spot the flaw in your logic?

[Sarah977]

You are apparently quite uniformed about this virus. People can be infected and contagious and be completely asymptomatic, they don't have to be coughing to present a danger.  I can't imagine why anyone would book a place in a hostel-type situation in the midst of a global pandemic. It's no wonder the US is the COVID capital of the planet.

@Jeffrey433

[Gordon0]

If you think you're only at risk from the ones who are coughing, @Jeffrey433, well, good luck with that.

[Jeffrey433]

So from the reports that I have read, its coughing and sneezing that project the most droplets into the air, which is the sole purpose of wearing a mask, to reduce particle spread.

so I would assume that a asymptomatic individual has less risk of spreading the virus, especially when practicing mask and social distancing.

[Helen3]

How often are communal areas cleaning between individual guest use?  @Jeffrey433 

What rules are there are  around separate use of the kitchen/bathroom/communal areas?

Is antiseptic gel used by each guest every time they enter and leave a communal area?

[Sarah977]

Certainly there are levels of risk, as with anything. We all know that people have car accidents and that there are airplane accidents, yet we all get in cars and on airplanes.

So of course someone coughing on you or in a communal area will pose more risk than if they were just breathing. But indoor transmission of the virus, whether someone is coughing, sneezing, or not, is the main means of COVID transmission, so it just makes sense to limit that sort of living situation as much as possible, especially among strangers who you have no way of knowing about as to how careful they are being when out and about. And while surface transmission is said to be a much lower risk than aerosols, things like doorknobs, light switches, etc. that many people are touching I'd consider risky. @Jeffrey433