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Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is very rare, WHO says
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CNBC News, June 8, 2020
Posted: July 20th, 2020
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Coronavirus patients without symptoms arent driving the spread of the virus, World Health Organization officials said Monday, casting doubt on concerns by some researchers that the disease could be difficult to contain due to asymptomatic infections. Preliminary evidence from the earliest outbreaks indicated that the virus could spread from person-to-person contact, even if the carrier never develops symptoms. But WHO officials now say that while asymptomatic spread can occur, it is not the main way its being transmitted. From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHOs emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, said. The virus is primarily spread via respiratory droplets when someone coughs or sneezes or if they touch a contaminated surface, scientists say. WHO officials say Covid-19 can also spread in the so-called pre-symptomatic stage a few days before a patient shows symptoms. More research and data are needed to truly answer the question of whether the coronavirus can spread widely through asymptomatic carriers, Van Kerkhove added. We have a number of reports from countries who are doing very detailed contact tracing, she said. Theyre following asymptomatic cases. Theyre following contacts. And theyre not finding secondary transmission onward. Its very rare.

Note: This official was immediately pressured to retract what she said, even though it was based on scientific studies. Learn in this Science magazine article how Fauci based his recommendations on one faulty study with five people to state "There's no doubt after reading this paper that asymptomatic transmission is occurring." See this CNN article for Fauci quote. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on the coronavirus from reliable major media sources.


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