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We still don't know anything certain about the latent period of this virus. We also don't know if it remains dormant after an immune response, though it is not
by twomoretime 6y ago
We still don't know anything certain about the latent period of this virus. We also don't know if it remains dormant after an immune response, though it is not retroviral like HIV.
Still, this 80% asymptomatic condition could lull us into a false sense of security, meanwhile there may be other peaks in the average latent period distribution. In other words it may be that some people are asymptomatic for weeks, months, years...Before flaring up and spreading.
- twomoretime 6y agoToo late to edit but this would explain the huge uncertainty in the dormancy period, early reports were anywhere from 3 to 20 days, this was the range that inspired the 14 day quarantine procedure. But if 80% of cases are asymptomatic that could mean that all of the underlying numbers are wrong given the continued lack of tests in many countries including the US.