RC one wrote: “These 111 people would have infected hundreds of people and the outbreak would have started within a month-not 6 months later. This does not pass the smell test.”
It only fails the ‘smell test’ if one assumes that the virus can be spread by the asymptomatic.
It’s very possible that the idea of asymptomatic spread was started by those who ‘in an abundance of caution’ didn’t know if it was possible but wanted to be as safe as possible.