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Odds of having it pass through a whole household without a trace would be lower, of course, but you are right that some of them/us may have had asymptomatic inf
by brimble 5y ago
Odds of having it pass through a whole household without a trace would be lower, of course, but you are right that some of them/us may have had asymptomatic infections earlier on.
About half have had symptomatic infections, all from different sources (not due to us getting together), in the past couple weeks. Everyone in the house, even little kids, are getting sick (fever, at least, every time), in every single case so far (unless, again, some of us have had it pass through and no-one in the house had symptoms).
If that 1/4 symptomatic rate holds for omicron (I'm doubting it, but maybe) then something like 3-4% of the country's contracting it per day. Even if not, then it's still somewhere around 1%/day, minimum.
- webmaven 5y agoOne thing I haven't seen data on is whether Omicron's milder symptoms also means that a higher percentage of infections are asymptomatic (and undetected).