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A conservative FB friend posted this #COVID19 "study," claiming that it "pretty much confirms that asymptomatic people are not contagious" and that wearing masks is unnecessary.
Umm, no it doesn't.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
A conservative FB friend posted this #COVID19 "study," claiming that it "pretty much confirms that asymptomatic people are not contagious" and that wearing masks is unnecessary.
Umm, no it doesn't.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
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The language in the report is highly ambiguous, but it seems to be an anecdotal description of exposure to a single asymptomatic person w/o even describing how that person was deemed to be (+).
Could the individual have been a false (+)? What kind of contact occurred?
The language in the report is highly ambiguous, but it seems to be an anecdotal description of exposure to a single asymptomatic person w/o even describing how that person was deemed to be (+).
Could the individual have been a false (+)? What kind of contact occurred?
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Reading through the brief report, it boggles that mind that it was accepted for publication to this @ElsevierConnect open access journal (@fake_journals?).
I would have torn it to shreds had I been a reviewer.
Rapid publication/preprints during COVID is a real problem.
Reading through the brief report, it boggles that mind that it was accepted for publication to this @ElsevierConnect open access journal (@fake_journals?).
I would have torn it to shreds had I been a reviewer.
Rapid publication/preprints during COVID is a real problem.
4/6
Now, as far as the asymptomatic transmission of COVID19, here's what we know thus far...
Spoiler Alert: the available evidence suggests that asymptomatic transmission can occur, just like with other viral respiratory illnesses!
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Now, as far as the asymptomatic transmission of COVID19, here's what we know thus far...
Spoiler Alert: the available evidence suggests that asymptomatic transmission can occur, just like with other viral respiratory illnesses!
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
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