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https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/symptoms.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/symptoms.htm... Symptoms should not be what cause

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/symptoms.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/symptoms.htm... Symptoms should not be what causes people to stay home or not If someone has symptoms, they could have been infecting others for up to 14 days prior

joshuamorton 7y ago
There's fairly little evidence that COVID spreads from unsymptomatic carriers. They may, but not significantly.
- vsareto 7y ago
  Yalemedicine isn't the CDC, but not a bad data point? https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/covid-19/ https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/covid-19/ >The CDC believes SARS-CoV-2 is contagious during the incubation period, which is believed to be 14 days, and symptoms of COVID-19 can appear anytime between two and 14 days after exposure. It has identified the following symptoms
  - joshuamorton 7y ago
    From elsewhere: > It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads. This doesn't mean asymptomatic people can't spread the disease, but that the likelyhood of spread from asymptomatic carriers is lower (which makes a lot of sense). [0]: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission...
s1artibartfast 7y ago
from your CDC link >Can someone spread the virus without being sick? People are thought to be most contagious when they are most symptomatic (the sickest). Some spread might be possible before people show symptoms; there have been reports of this occurring with this new coronavirus, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads.
- koheripbal 7y ago
  So to be clear, people CAN spread the virus before they are noticeably symptomatic, even if they are not at PEAK virulence.

joshuamorton 7y ago

There's fairly little evidence that COVID spreads from unsymptomatic carriers. They may, but not significantly.

vsareto 7y ago
Yalemedicine isn't the CDC, but not a bad data point? https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/covid-19/ https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/covid-19/ >The CDC believes SARS-CoV-2 is contagious during the incubation period, which is believed to be 14 days, and symptoms of COVID-19 can appear anytime between two and 14 days after exposure. It has identified the following symptoms
- joshuamorton 7y ago
  From elsewhere: > It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads. This doesn't mean asymptomatic people can't spread the disease, but that the likelyhood of spread from asymptomatic carriers is lower (which makes a lot of sense). [0]: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission...

s1artibartfast 7y ago

from your CDC link >Can someone spread the virus without being sick? People are thought to be most contagious when they are most symptomatic (the sickest). Some spread might be possible before people show symptoms; there have been reports of this occurring with this new coronavirus, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads.

koheripbal 7y ago
So to be clear, people CAN spread the virus before they are noticeably symptomatic, even if they are not at PEAK virulence.