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4/5/2021 <br />age 40 of 73 <br />health <br />online this winter <br />About 20% of grocery store workers had Covid-19, and most didn't have symptoms, study found - CNN <br />Related Article: What we can learn from <br />1918's deadly second wave <br />Related Article: How the pandemic has <br />changed Americans' spending and <br />saving habits <br />• LIVE TV <br />VVUIKCIJ VVI IU UCdIL VVILI I UUJIUIIICIJ VVCIC IIVC LIIIICJ db IIKCIy LU <br />test positive for Covid-19 as colleagues in other positions. <br />But three out of four of those who tested positive had no <br />symptoms. <br />"We were definitely surprised to see that there were that <br />many people that were asymptomatic," said Dr. Justin Yang, <br />an assistant professor at Boston University School of Medicine <br />and a researcher at Harvard School of Public Health who <br />worked on the study. "This is definitely very alarming as it <br />means that retail grocery store employees are exposed to <br />customers and sort of serve as a middleman for the virus - like <br />a super spreader almost." <br />Workers in the study had tried to take precautions. Nearly all, <br />91%, said they wore a face mask at work and 77% said they <br />also wore masks outside of work. Yet only about 66% said <br />they were able to practice social distancing consistently on <br />the job. <br />https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/29/health/grocery-workers-increased-covid-19-risk-wellness/index.html 3992/5 <br />