BREAKING: WHO clarifies that they estimate 16% of people are asymptomatic and can transmit the virus.
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To clarify, this sentence is intended to be read as 16% of people (at a midpoint) are asymptomatic and asymptomatic people are contagious. Not that 16% of people are contagious. Some have pointed to being confused by how I wrote it.
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Your rewrite is still confusing.
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So 16% of people who are infected with Covid are asymptomatic (and contagious)? Not 16% of the general public is asymptomatic and contagious?
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Evidently, there's a difference between asymptomatic and presymptomatic...
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Asymptomatic = people who are infected but NEVER have symptoms of illness Presymptomatic = people who are infected, have not had symptoms YET, but do develop the illness
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I’m still confused
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I'm still confused. So of all asymptomatic people who are infected, 16% are also contagious?
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I read it as 16% are asymptomatic and all those (asymptomatic) people are contagious.
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Delete this. It’s nonsensical.
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Why is EVERYONE unable to articulate the concept here? - "WHO says asymptomatic people are rarely contagious." - "No, they said 16% of asymptomatic cases are contagious." - "No, what I meant was 16% of CASES were asymptomatic and they are ALL contagious."
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