According to the American Bar Association (“ABA”) the U.S. court system has ruled during the past century on cases in which a party was negligently exposed to an infectious disease that resulted in injury or death. Previously, legal cases relating to the HIV/AIDs epidemic — as well as any other sexually transmitted disease (STD) — found a defendant guilty of infecting another if he or she did not previously disclose the risk. Under some state laws, a person could be charged for attempted murder. While it is true that COVID-19 is not an STD, it is an infectious disease and legal proceedings will be virtually identical.