[NobleFree]

The study notes the earlier results on asymptomatic transmission, and does NOT claim that the study contradicts those earlier results; further, it says, ”Public health measures for the prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic, including wearing masks, keeping safe social distancing in Wuhan should be sustained.” - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19802-w

[TigersEye]

They stopped wearing masks in Wuhan months ago ...

Aug 21, 2020

[rxsid]

What this study showed, is that:

• 9,899,828 people in the study
• Zero (0) new symptomatic cases.
• 300 asymptomatic cases.
• 1,174 close contacts of those 300 asymptomatic cases.
• Of those 1,174 close contacts with the 200 covid positive asymptomatic cases...Zero new positive tests.

The bottom line on this study, there was a 0.0% new covid positive tests resulting from "close contact" with people who were covid positive but not showing symptoms (asymptomatic).

Put another way...out of nearly 10 million people, only 300 were new covid positive but not showing signs of it and 1,174 people who were close to those covid asymptomatic's, nobody new got infected. Nobody.

This is evidence that the orthodoxy here in the U.S. and most of Europe that lockdown's, cloth mask wearing, "social distance" mandates and selective business closures are not based on "settled science" along the lines of the man caused globul warming scam...but rather, based on liberal politicians desire for power and control.

The take away is this...

If individual people (esp those with compromised immune systems & the very old) feel the personal need to put a cloth mask over their mouth or nose, then that is their individual right.
But governments, whether state or local (or soon federal) should NOT be in the business of mandating any such thing and should NOT be selectively closing down some businesses, while allowing others to remain open.