Probably not a good sampling of demographic groups, but an interesting data point. The fatality rate is probably much lower than reported.
Interesting given that in the US there is no testing without severe symptoms.
CDC dead on their collective butt.
And our Country has tested what fraction again?
This is a concern. Obviously those showing the symptoms are quarantining themselves and getting medical attention. But those who show no symptoms can be inadvertently spreading it around to others.
Size of the inoculuum could be a significant factor in the severity of the disease.
They do show no symptoms and can carry it to those who are vulnerable with whom it will be fatal.
People act like every sick person is known and has been tested. They quote number like gospel.
Fact is, the CDC could be right that 45+ million have already been infected, some got sick, and the infection rate and death rate is very, very low.
I would love to know if I had it. There's a good chance my husband and I both had it 2 weeks ago and just had mild symptoms (my husband had a direct exposure to a symptomatic person). Our two teenage sons have experienced even milder or no symptoms.
“HALF OF CORONAVIRUS CARRIERS SHOW NO SYMPTOMS”
That’s probably the case with most viruses, including some of the the most severe historical pandemics. Not really a startling revelation.
Okay, but are the asymptomatic people spreading the virus?
Now study regular flu
If so, then the chance of containing it is near zero.
News headline: “2020, the first year with no colds or flu cases reported”.
I love how they laud Iceland health ministry as impressive, to then go on and talk about the small population of Iceland. I guess a sparsely populated island country is going to seem more impressive, as long as it has the tools to work with. In this case, test kits.
Half? That’s like Russian roulette with half the chambers loaded and half of them empty.
And here’s why. The virus is very similar to one of the common cold virus’s AC-43. If you have had that cold you may now be resistent to COV-19. Plus those with 0+ blood may also be resistent to full on infection.
The fact that some become very sick while others don’t is 100% biological.
This info comes from my brother who is a Doctor. He and his 5 member family had COV-19 in early Feburary. Wife got very sick but recovered without hospitalization, one teen like a bad flu, he and other 2 kids just light sniffles.
He did IGM test after they recovered, to confirm his suspicion.
He has a low opinion of CDC, and their massive blunders here.
If u can find one, have an IGG test, just a pin prick blood test, it will confirm if you had the virus and now have antibodies, also it will confirm you’re infected 4 or 5 days into infection. Results in 10 minutes. Not 4 days.
Also his opinion to avoid a hospital stay if you can, his opinion is wife’s recovery due to moving about in quarantined setting helped free her lungs from fluid build up.
It is the flu, kills fewer people too.
I don’t know if any country in the world matches our freedom of movement globally by its citizens, except maybe Israel. So IMHO this is comparing apples to oranges.
“...about half of those who tested positive are non-symptomatic,”
“The other half displays very moderate cold-like symptoms.”
Now, there's a poser...need a lot more data when half are totally asymptomatic and the other half may as well have a medium cold...