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Retroactive Infections Window #78

Open brianok77 opened 4 years ago

brianok77 commented 4 years ago

The first iteration of the contact risk assessment algorithm only accounts for disease spread at or after an individual reaches a contact point. However, this does not account for the possibility that someone immediately proceeding them to the contact point could be infected by them via non-surface-based spread. This story is for the product team to determine if we should have a retroactive infections window built into the algorithm to account for the fact that individuals scanning at a site within X minutes prior to the subject should also be considered a potential contact for infection spread (e.g., to reflect time spent in line, passing in the aisles, or other reasons for being in proximity of each other).

Gary C suggested I create this story in the backlog and can also provide more information as needed.