I am beginning to think that the belief that transmission from asymptomatic people is important is a zombie fact that will never die. There is almost no empirical data to support this.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1382828513393266690 …
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Tom Lewis Retweeted zeynep tufekci
I am beginning to think that the belief that transmission from asymptomatic people is important is a zombie fact that will never die. There is almost no empirical data to support this.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1382828513393266690 …
Tom Lewis added,
That’s completely untrue, you should delete this tweet. Most obviously there are plenty of people who are say asymptomatic with high viral loads in upper respiratory tract, secondly there’s epidemiological evidence for this.
Also how “transmission without symptoms” divides into pre-, pauci-, and truly asymptomatic throughout proportions may be harder to precisely nail down (and I’d agree first two are the bulk), transmission without coughing as key symptoms includes all three—key to this paper.
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