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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WHO now says asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is "very rare."

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-patients-arent-spreading-new-infections-who-says.html?__source=twitter%7Cmain
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They will be open inperson on September 1. Full normality second half of the year. This news is huge.[/quote]

And yet cases are raising all over the country.  Maybe by people that identified as having little or no symptoms.  Now idk if they didn't recognize their own mild symptoms or not. But it is back on the raise and WHO said it would likely die down for summer.  So, not putting a lot of weight in this new idea.  They also gave no context for "rare" 1 in 5, 1 in 10, 1 in 100 all very different .[/quote]

Unfortunately based on the epidemiologist I heard share info on this, this news isn't as "huge" as it seems. There is a difference between PRE-symptomatic and asymptomatic cases. Asymptomatic cases may not spread it as much, but there is evidence that people do spread it when PRE-symptomatic which is more the concern and why it's been harder to keep in control of. so pre-symptomatic is the few days before someone becomes symptomatic. So that is still a concern and not solved. [/quote]

I've read a lot of epidemiologists who are not satisfied with the WHO's findings, in part for that reason.  If pre-symptomatic people are contagious, then we're still at square one.  [/quote]

This is not surprising. Presymptomatic spread is also common with the flu and many other viral diseases. It's nothing unique to Covid.[/quote]

And most kids are asymptomatic. If asymptomatic spread turns out to be rare, this news should absolutely affect our policies regarding schools.[/quote]

It's not rare. That was taken out of context and roundly rejected by experts.[/quote]

That is not true. What has been rejected by experts is the assertion that asymptomatic spread is rare, when in fact, we don't know yet whether it is rare or not. I did not assert that it is rare, but said "if it turns out to be rare."

All the evidence we have so far point to KIDS not being significant spreaders of the virus.[/quote]

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