In less than 24 hours, WHO completely walks back their statement. Coronavirus Live Updates: W.H.O. Walks Back Claim That Asymptomatic Transmission is Rare https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/world/coronavirus-updates.html A top expert at the World Health Organization on Tuesday walked back her earlier assertion that transmission of the coronavirus by people who do not have symptoms is “very rare.” Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, who made the original comment at a W.H.O. briefing on Monday, said that it was based on just two or three studies and that it was a “misunderstanding” to say asymptomatic transmission is rare globally. “I was just responding to a question, I wasn’t stating a policy of W.H.O. or anything like that,” she said. Dr. Van Kerkhove said that the estimates of transmission from people without symptoms come primarily from models, which may not provide an accurate representation. “That’s a big open question, and that remains an open question,” she said.
you are the biggest douche we still don't have any science showing there was a reason to lock down the low risk group (healthy) once the hospital beds were not being utilized. . The WHO said there are member countries who reported that is very rare for asymptomatic to spread. The WHO said what we should do is concentrate of testing and tracing the symptomatic. which is exactly what I have said given that we have clusters and probably 80 percent or more of this virus is spread by super spreaders.
It is only spread but people with an active infection. And except for a a few percent of those, the infected are symptomatic or pre-symptomatic.* This feature is like the flu. But this particular virus is more dangerous because fewer people have partial or complete immunity, because there is no vaccine. And there is no highly efficacious treatment, and the percent that go on to develop a life threatening pneumonia may be higher.** We could have had a different plan all along (wide spread testing for active infection. contact tracing, and uniform data collection and reporting) but we didn't. Instead we had a Massive failure of Leadership from the Administration in Washington. _________________________ * the high numbers of persons being reported with antibodies that never experienced symptoms is based on faulty serological testing. ** this also happens with other flu viruses, but so many are vaccinated that the the number of clinical cases is greatly reduced, and hence the nominal number of cases that go on to develop a life threatening pneumonia.
Welcome back... to the science side of things. I would add that from the data we are being given...this virus is dangerous for the old and those with co morbidities and those around the sick. (They do need to be isolated) As you get younger and healthier this gets more like the flu. As for the healthy young and healthy kids... (kids particularly) they seem to neither infect people or get symptoms very often (statisically speaking) . So for many of the young... it may not even be a flu.
The science has never changed, nor has it been wrong. Presymptomatic (who by definition are asymptomatic) will be capable of transmitting the disease. Exactly the same as with other Corona viruses. The confusion comes because horribly flawed "dip stick-like" serological tests identified many as positive for Corona-2 antibodies that were not. And then the CDC inter-mingled data from accurate RT-PCR tests for live virus with much more voluminous data from faulty, quick serological tests. And then of course you have conspiracy nuts like jem. Nothing can be done about that.
This false sense of security comes from distorted data. It is not at all pleasant for the young, and, as with other corona virus infections, it is still dangerous even for the young -- exactly as other flu viruses are for those who have not been vaccinated.
If you see the data... many of the young are asymptomatic. and... for instance in San Diego none under 19 died. So for them it is the flu or (for the asymptomatic less than a flu) However, I know one kid who tested positive and had symptoms.. for them it was a lot like flu.