That Iran number is a joke!
They probably have thousands of deaths at this point.
Total dumpster fire, will just have to burn itself out on its own—for however long that takes....
We do know from shedding studies that people can shed in the pre-symptomatic phase,” Van Kerkhove said, adding that while the data are still preliminary “it seems that people shed more in the early phases rather than the late phases of disease.”
If people can infect others before they know they themselves are ill, it makes it much more difficult to break the chains of transmission.