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There was a town in Italy, roughly 10k population, where they tested every single person regardless of symptoms. The result highlighted how many asymptomatic pe
by athenot 7y ago
There was a town in Italy, roughly 10k population, where they tested every single person regardless of symptoms. The result highlighted how many asymptomatic people tested positive. AFAIK the test was not repeated so there was no data on evolution / spread. But it was still an eye opener.
(My apologies for not citing the article, I had read it in the paper edition of the NY Times, and failed to find it online.)
- eugene2012 7y agoI remember reading this story in NYT also. Are you thinking about the town of Vò? If so, here is a related article about how they tested everyone there: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/scientists-say-mass-tests-in-italian-town-have-halted-covid-19 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/scientists-say...
- dr_zoidberg 7y agoRecently in Argentina there were news of a case were 400 people in a boat were exposed, quarantined and then tested. From official government sources, of all that tested positive, 70% were asymptomatic. Edit: I rechecked, the numbers are right but apparently this has been the first test. It hasn't passed enought time to see if those that tested positive, but were asymptomatic, later on develop symptoms.
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