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Note that the protocol was followed for the "previous two weeks". The incubation period can easily be two weeks[1], so the infection could have happened earlier

Note that the protocol was followed for the "previous two weeks". The incubation period can easily be two weeks[1], so the infection could have happened earlier. That said, more than 98% of corona cases involve fever[2] so this might have been something else. [1] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-incubation-period/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-incuba... [2] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-symptoms/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-sympto...

hilbertseries 7y ago
Interesting, earlier reporting said that it frequently presented without a fever. I know that now they basically won’t even test you if you don’t have a fever. I wonder what’s correct. https://www.mcknights.com/news/clinical-news/new-data-leads-to-warning-coronavirus-patients-often-present-without-fever/ https://www.mcknights.com/news/clinical-news/new-data-leads-...
anu7df 7y ago
98% of hospitalized patients had fever. Not all infections as per the link you cite.