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    1. Vincent Rajkumar‏Verified account @VincentRK 13 Jun 2021

      Yes. Asymptomatic spread is what made COVID-19 the pandemic it was. Hard to believe at one point last year we had to convince people this was important. @ASlavittpic.twitter.com/wiXkPYBUTB

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    2. Vincent Rajkumar‏Verified account @VincentRK 13 Jun 2021

      It was strange for some of us outside the field to be telling WHO & other agencies that universal masks were important, & that asymptomatic spread was the way the virus was spreading so fast from unsuspecting people to unsuspecting people. @jeremyphoward @zeynep @trishgreenhalgh

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Jun 2021
      Replying to @VincentRK @jeremyphoward @trishgreenhalgh

      I remember when I wrote all that in mid-March of 2020, fact-checkers coming back and saying: "Really? "Here's a bunch of top public health people and folks on Twitter with the correct PhDs saying otherwise." Well, yes, really. It was right there, not a maybe but yes, really. sigh

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Jun 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @VincentRK and

      Diamond Princess made transmission without symptoms clear, and it was reported on. China's Minister of Health was giving press conferences IN LATE JANUARY 2020, trying to tell us all that. I compiled a bit of it here, earlier. Incredible, in retrospect.https://www.theinsight.org/p/lessons-from-a-pandemic-anniversary …

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    5. Erik Per-Oscar Nikolaus Björnstam Tengmark‏ @OscarTengmark 13 Jun 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @VincentRK and

      Erik Per-Oscar Nikolaus Björnstam Tengmark Retweeted Muge Cevik

      Have you seen this very nuanced thread? I think there is a great deal of oversimplification from journalists.https://twitter.com/mugecevik/status/1339952376942370819 …

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      Muge CevikVerified account @mugecevik
      Evidence is starting to emerge about the influence of individuals' infectiousness on transmission. While asymptomatic individuals can transmit the virus to others, they seem to be 1/3 infectious compared to symptomatic individuals. 5/ https://twitter.com/mugecevik/status/1308080071324962816?s=20 …
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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Jun 2021
      Replying to @OscarTengmark @VincentRK and

      Nope, at least in terms of what we are talking about here. Muge is great, but you're misunderstanding what's being said there. Transmission before onset of symptoms or with really mild and atypical symptoms—slight fatigue, no fever—is not only not rare, it is why we lost control.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Jun 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @OscarTengmark and

      Transmission from what we could classify as "truly asymptomatic" throughout, which she goes into later in the thread, is almost certainly less than the above category, but not relevant to what we're talking about here: people transmitted without being or knowing they were sick.

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        2. Erik Per-Oscar Nikolaus Björnstam Tengmark‏ @OscarTengmark 13 Jun 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @VincentRK and

          But is it really possible to do something about that? It does not sound crucial? Most transmission is from symptomatic people. That’s the most important thing. Great discussion here. You cannot stop a pandemic like this one (guess you noticed).https://youtu.be/L9Bq4sOnfQE 

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Jun 2021
          Replying to @OscarTengmark

          Of course it is possible to do something about that. It is the one key reason this one is a pandemic, and SARS was contained. Anyway, this is so basic at this point that I don't think one can keep explaining. Have a good day!

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