Government responses should focus on detecting and isolating infected people with symptoms, said the WHO's Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove.
www.cnbc.com
It confirms my views, but I don't necesarily trust the source. I have not been impressed with the evidence for asymptomatic/presymptomatic transmission. The suggestion has been based on very few, and not very convincing, case studies world-wide.
This idea has been a very large part of the argument behind social distancing and mask wearing. If the information in this article continues to be confirmed, then most of the steps that have been taken, from lock downs to mask wearing, will turn out to be completely, and tragically, unnecessary. The focus, as with
all respiratory illnesses, should have been on quarantining the ill, and those who have come into close contact with them.
This is not hindsight, this has been understood for a very long time. Why everyone lost their minds over this virus is something that should be looked into, and prevented in the future. Completely discredit the charlatans who have been pushing for all the wrong actions. Make all the Karens out there apologize to everyone they tried to guilt into doing completely unnecessary crap.
The World Health Organization clarified confusing comments about asymptomatic spread of coronavirus.
www.cnn.com
Of course, after backlash from people whose jobs are on the line for being so terribly wrong, the WHO "clarifies" that it is "unknown" how many asymptomatic transmissions are happening.
They went from "very rare that asympomatic carriers are spreading the virus", to, "it is unknown". Guess someone figured out exactly how much egg was going to be on so many faces that they had to scramble to prevent the statists from being ousted from positions of authority.
Also, for all of us O types, some good news:
23andMe are in the process of conducting a large-scale genetic study to explore whether genetics are implicated in susceptibility to and severity of COVID-19. The company has shared its preliminary results.
www.technologynetworks.com