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by dijit 1488 days ago
> If I have Covid-19, I pass it to you, and you die, does it mean I killed you?

if you did it intentionally; yes.

Relevant/related topic (though about another transmissible disease): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_transmission_of_HIV

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>> If I have Covid-19, I pass it to you, and you die, does it mean I killed you?

>

> if you did it intentionally; yes.

Well, unintentionally killing someone is still "killing", no?

We call unintentionally killing someone involuntary manslaughter.

We call intentionally killing someone murder.

But mosquitoes don't transmit diseases intentionally, do they?