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> There's also evidence that asymptomatic people don't spread COVID. This would mean that if they don't have symptoms, you won't get it, and if they do and the
by cstejerean 5y ago
> There's also evidence that asymptomatic people don't spread COVID. This would mean that if they don't have symptoms, you won't get it, and if they do and they're like most people, they'll stay home which means no transmission.
We wouldn’t be in the middle of a pandemic if this were true.
- ping_pong 5y agoThere a difference between asymptomatic and presymptomatic.
- tomp 5y agoParent poster actually meant presymptomatic. > This would mean that if they don't have symptoms, you won't get it
- rimliu 5y agoWhy so? Or are you mixing up asymptomatic with presymptomatic, as many do? It is clear that latter do indeed play a big role in spreading infection, but the science is not so clear on the former. Likely that asymptomatic do not spread it.
- jokethrowaway 5y agoIt's been a pretty mild pandemic. What has been newsworthy about was the removal of freedom, not the number of dead people. It's flu-like transmission - which is mostly through droplets. If you're not sneezing in the face of people you don't have high chances of passing it around
- galoisgirl 5y agoIt's the 9th pandemic in human history in the number of deaths: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics#Major_epidemics_and_pandemics_by_death_toll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics#Major_epidem...
- briefcomment 5y agoLooks like it's much lower than 9th population adjusted.