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https://www.icelandreview.com/sci-tech/is-icelands-coronavirus-testing-showing-that-50-of-cases-have-no-symptoms/ https://www.icelandreview.com/sci-tech/is-icel
by Lewton 7y ago
https://www.icelandreview.com/sci-tech/is-icelands-coronavirus-testing-showing-that-50-of-cases-have-no-symptoms/ https://www.icelandreview.com/sci-tech/is-icelands-coronavir...
It should be obvious, when you have a virus with an infection rate doubling X number of days and it takes X or more days to start showing symptoms, if you do a random sample, 50% will be asymptomatic. That does NOT mean that they will continue to be asymptomatic
- Erikun 7y ago70% would certainly seem to be too high. Data from the Diamond Princess showed 17.9% of infected persons never developed symptoms. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6912e3.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6912e3.htm
- m0zg 7y agoAnd _all_ the people who died there were in their 70s and beyond and had comorbidities. Just one of those things fearmongers never mention.