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Some possibilities: the number of asymptomatic carriers is higher than expected, these people were mostly infected at the same time and just haven't shown sympt
by elihu 7y ago
Some possibilities: the number of asymptomatic carriers is higher than expected, these people were mostly infected at the same time and just haven't shown symptoms yet, these people were infected by a less severe variant of SARS-CoV2, the tests are simply incorrect, or the inhabitants of that homeless shelter are in some way non-representative of the population in general (e.g. they're all in their mid-20's).
They imply that those asymptomatic cases didn't all stay asymptomatic and that one was hospitalized, so I'm guessing the most likely explanation is just that most of them were infected around the same time, and the test just caught them before they started to show symptoms.
- swsieber 7y agoAnd another: The infection is far more widespread than previously believed because a larger percentage of people are asymptomatic than previously believed.
- kragen 7y agoI hadn't thought of that possibility. I'd thought that maybe the people with severe symptoms had gone to the hospital instead of the shelter.
- ImprovedSilence 7y agoI would love to see a follow up on their symptoms in 2-3 weeks. Not sure we'll ever see that info though, follow ups don't seem to sell eyeballs these days..
- officialjunk 7y agoitaly did this in a small town, testing weekly, by week three 80+% showed symptoms, and concluded they would all eventually show symptoms.