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"Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘very rare,’ WHO says": https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-patients-arent-spreading-new-infections-
by Outright0133 3y ago
"Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘very rare,’ WHO says": https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-patients-arent-spreading-new-infections-who-says.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-pat...
- ghaff 3y agoI don't put a huge amount of stock in much of the supposed science from June 2020. Also, as in my case, people definitely got mild symptoms of something, tested (if they could), got a negative result, and went on with life--when it's entirely possible they had it.
- uudecoded 3y agoAre those scare quotes or irony that isn't clear? Why link a CNBC article from 2020? Here's a paper from last year: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9321237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9321237/ Yes, it's Omicron, but 32.4% asymptomatic infection is not very rare. Asymptomatic carriers are 75% as infectious as symptomatic individuals: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2774707 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...