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> Why? The U.S. CDC and most experts agree that many infected and contagious people don’t know they’re sick because they don’t have symptoms.
by jedi_stannis 6y ago
> Why? The U.S. CDC and most experts agree that many infected and contagious people don’t know they’re sick because they don’t have symptoms.
- djsumdog 6y agoWell, that's debatable. The WHO made a statement that asymptomatic spread was rare but then immediately walked it back[0], quite awkwardly I might add if you watch the spokesperson's press video, most likely due to US political pressure[1]. There are studies from as far back as February from Germany, that challenged previous asymptomatic spread studies[2], and another one in May[3], although that one comes out of China and may just be trying to cover their response. [0]: https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200609/who-clairifies-comments-on-asymptomatic-covid-spread https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200609/who-clairifies-comm... [1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/10/dr-anthony-fauci-says-whos-remark-on-asymptomatic-coronavirus-spread-was-not-correct.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/10/dr-anthony-fauci-says-whos-r... [2]: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/paper-non-symptomatic-patient-transmitting-coronavirus-wrong https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/paper-non-symptomati... [3]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7219423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7219423/