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There's fairly little evidence that COVID spreads from unsymptomatic carriers. They may, but not significantly.
by joshuamorton 7y ago
There's fairly little evidence that COVID spreads from unsymptomatic carriers. They may, but not significantly.
- vsareto 7y agoYalemedicine 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 agoFrom 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...