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To: SeekAndFind; null and void; Tilted Irish Kilt

The study also found that infected people could show no symptoms at all — that was the case for 1.2% of the patients

Key language: 1.2% OF THE PATIENTS. Most infected people who are asymptomatic ARE PROBABLY NOT PATIENTS, so asymptomatic infections are probably being undercounted.

21 posted on 02/20/2020 11:43:11 AM PST by Jim Noble (There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know)

22 posted on 02/20/2020 11:44:31 AM PST by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)

To: Jim Noble; SeekAndFind; null and void

Jim Noble :" Key language: 1.2% OF THE PATIENTS.
Most infected people who are asymptomatic ARE PROBABLY NOT PATIENTS,
so asymptomatic infections are probably being undercounted."

True that !
That "1.2% OF THE PATIENTS" implies that they were seen by a healthcare professional,
and remain undetected as carriers.
Those who are asymptomatic continue to remain in the general population, infecting others.
The situation is further complicated by problems with the testing kits
giving false negative results, according to one recent article,
as high as 70% false reports.

I can appreciate tracking serial contagion running in families,
however, when dealing with asymptomatic virus carriers, trackers would run into a 'dead end'.
At that point, I imagine control and tracking to be very frustrating to researchers.

28 posted on 02/20/2020 2:37:47 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt

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