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> So it seems unlikely that anyone was actually exposed, unless you think that there are HHS workers who got sick and it was kept out of the news. That doesn't
by pulisse 7y ago
> So it seems unlikely that anyone was actually exposed, unless you think that there are HHS workers who got sick and it was kept out of the news.
That doesn't follow, both because the incubation period is now thought to be as long as 28 days and because infected individuals can be asymptomatic.
- zaroth 7y agoClinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China A study of 1,099 patients with laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 from 552 hospitals in 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in China through January 29, 2020. "The median incubation period was 4 days (interquartile range, 2 to 7)." New England Journal of Medicine, Feb 28, 2020 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2002032 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2002032