Pre-Symptomatic transmission is more common than previously thought.
“even the lowest estimates show there was substantial transmission of #CV19 from people who had yet to fall ill.”
So telling people to go home when they feel ill is probably too late.
theguardian.com/science/2020/m…
“even the lowest estimates show there was substantial transmission of #CV19 from people who had yet to fall ill.”
So telling people to go home when they feel ill is probably too late.
theguardian.com/science/2020/m…
The Chinese data indicated that 70% of infections were traced to family units. So home is a problem too
“In the Singapore cluster, between 45% and 84% of infections appeared to come from people incubating the virus. In China, the figures ranged from 65% to as much as 87%.”
“In the Singapore cluster, between 45% and 84% of infections appeared to come from people incubating the virus. In China, the figures ranged from 65% to as much as 87%.”
“The generation interval is the time between one person getting infected and them infecting another. The figure is valuable for estimating the speed at which an outbreak will unfold. “
“The mean generation interval was 5.2 days in the Singapore cluster and 3.95 days in the China cluster, according to the analysis which is under review at an infectious disease journal. “
