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Science & Technology
Asymptomatic COVID patients apparently not significant spreaders
2020-12-02
[Sharyl Attkinsson] In a new study entitled, "Post-lockdown SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid screening in nearly ten million residents of Wuhan, China," the findings appear to be good news from the standpoint of asymptomatic spread and length of immunity after infection.
Attkisson I respect, Chinese studies not so much.
According to the study, more than 9.8 million Wuhan, China residents (where COVID-19 is believed to have originated) underwent testing between May 14 and June 1 to measure the infection rate in the community.
Part of the (exactly) 160,000,000 Chimes tests the Worldometers site has reported for months.
Among the findings:

  • 9,865,404 participants who had not previously contracted COVID-19 were not infected at the time of testing.

  • 300 people tested positive but had no symptoms (asymptomatic).

  • 1,174 close contacts of the asymptomatic patients all tested negative for coronavirus.

  • There were 34,424 recovered coronavirus cases.

  • Among them, 107 tested positive again (.310%) but "virus cultures were negative for all asymptomatic positive and repositive cases, indicating no 'viable virus' in positive cases detected in this study."
Related: Nature.com link to the original study

Posted by:Bobby

#2  Party wants and needs to hear for their next information offensive. sounds like the USA media/Party these days
Posted by: 746   2020-12-02 13:10  

#1  Not too surprising. All that runny nose, coughing, sneezing and spewing is your body trying to flush out the virus. If your body doesn't care, maybe you shouldn't either.

Attkisson I respect, Chinese studies not so much.

I'd go with "not at all", given that the Chinese results are going to be whatever the Party wants and needs to hear for their next information offensive.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-12-02 12:22  

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