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Per that, the correct terminology appears to be nonspecific rather than asymptomatic. E.g. "According to people familiar with the call, [the index patient] fel

• wideasleep1 7y ago
  "“If I was writing this today, I would phrase that differently,” he added. from Michael Hoelscher, one of the doctors who submitted the errant document. Sweden's Public Health Authority was not too pleased, either. Most alarming, "Scientists spreading erroneous information about coronavirus have been taken to task around the world, including a researcher with ties to Harvard University in the US who tweeted that the spread of the disease was "thermonuclear pandemic level bad." I don't have/use Twitter/FB for a good reason, I think it's more virulent than coronavirus. https://www.dw.com/en/germany-flawed-coronavirus-study-spread-misinformation/a-52265727 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-flawed-coronavirus-study-sprea...
  • ethbro 7y ago
    That's selective quoting from your article. If we're talking about accuracy in reporting, then be objective. The gist boiled down to (1) the patient in the documented case was not asymptomatic, (2) the symptoms they experienced were pretty mild re: anything that would indicate non-standard flu, (3) it's an unanswered question as to whether asymptomatic transmission is possible. The answer to (3) from same article being: possibly, but likely only in rare cases and not as the dominant transmission path.