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just wanna add to the discussion that there is a peer reviewed paper published today suggesting asymptomatic transmission is very likely. https://academic.oup.

just wanna add to the discussion that there is a peer reviewed paper published today suggesting asymptomatic transmission is very likely. https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiaa077/5739751 https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/inf...

_rrnv 7y ago
Which is interesting because various sources reported very likely asymptotic transmission as far as 2 weeks ago. But proper research takes time. This virus is fast and unknown, and most likely will test every part of our world system in a very dramatic, Hollywood way.
- dekhn 7y ago
  it's hardly as remarkable or dramatic as you describe it (Hollywood). That's mainly the media upping the severity/alert level of the situation.
pmoriarty 7y ago
Even if asymptomatic people transmit the virus "asymptomatic transmission likely plays a minor role in the epidemic overall, WHO says. People who cough or sneeze are more likely to spread the virus, the agency wrote"[1] [1] - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/paper-non-symptomatic-patient-transmitting-coronavirus-wrong https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/paper-non-symptomati...
- mantap 7y ago
  This sounds reassuring until you realise that "People who cough and sneeze" = all humans.
  - Brave-Steak 7y ago
    It is reassuring. You can avoid and protect yourself against coughing/sneezing humans. You can't really avoid an invisible carrier.
    - mantap 7y ago
      You are shadow banned btw. Since this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22316460 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22316460
      - Amarok 7y ago
        He looks alright to me
      - blaser-waffle 7y ago
        New to the party -- what does that mean and how do you know they're shadow banned?
        mantap 7y ago
        HN has an infamous feature called shadowbanning whereby mods can ban a user in such a way that they can't tell that their account is banned. As far as the user is concerned they are not banned, but the comments they submit are immediately marked as dead when they are posted and hidden. This feature is supposed to be used for cases such as spam bots or crazy people. However for whatever reason sometimes normal users end up shadowbanned. You can tell if a user is shadowbanned if you have showdead on and most of their comments are dead for seemingly no reason. Yet they continue to post new comments unaware that they are banned.
        DoreenMichele 7y ago
        Shadow banning is not unique to HN. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_banning https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_banning It's also known as hell banning. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hellban https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hellban
        LifeLiverTransp 7y ago
        Some find the company of the dead even preferable- there are widgets to filter out the living. Once among themselves, they can be quite civil.

_rrnv 7y ago

Which is interesting because various sources reported very likely asymptotic transmission as far as 2 weeks ago. But proper research takes time. This virus is fast and unknown, and most likely will test every part of our world system in a very dramatic, Hollywood way.

dekhn 7y ago
it's hardly as remarkable or dramatic as you describe it (Hollywood). That's mainly the media upping the severity/alert level of the situation.

pmoriarty 7y ago

Even if asymptomatic people transmit the virus "asymptomatic transmission likely plays a minor role in the epidemic overall, WHO says. People who cough or sneeze are more likely to spread the virus, the agency wrote"[1] [1] - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/paper-non-symptomatic-patient-transmitting-coronavirus-wrong https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/paper-non-symptomati...

mantap 7y ago
This sounds reassuring until you realise that "People who cough and sneeze" = all humans.
- Brave-Steak 7y ago
  It is reassuring. You can avoid and protect yourself against coughing/sneezing humans. You can't really avoid an invisible carrier.
  - mantap 7y ago
    You are shadow banned btw. Since this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22316460 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22316460
    - Amarok 7y ago
      He looks alright to me
    - blaser-waffle 7y ago
      New to the party -- what does that mean and how do you know they're shadow banned?
      - mantap 7y ago
        HN has an infamous feature called shadowbanning whereby mods can ban a user in such a way that they can't tell that their account is banned. As far as the user is concerned they are not banned, but the comments they submit are immediately marked as dead when they are posted and hidden. This feature is supposed to be used for cases such as spam bots or crazy people. However for whatever reason sometimes normal users end up shadowbanned. You can tell if a user is shadowbanned if you have showdead on and most of their comments are dead for seemingly no reason. Yet they continue to post new comments unaware that they are banned.
        DoreenMichele 7y ago
        Shadow banning is not unique to HN. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_banning https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_banning It's also known as hell banning. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hellban https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hellban
        LifeLiverTransp 7y ago
        Some find the company of the dead even preferable- there are widgets to filter out the living. Once among themselves, they can be quite civil.