Thread by @WesElyMD

1/ 🎥 Asymptomatic #COVID = Silent Spreaders
 
This short video from @EricTopol & @Danieloran summarizes key issues about Asymptomatic Spread of #COVID19. Watch & then read the🧵for my unpacking…there is so much at stake!
 
#Pandemic #Vaccinate

2/ In 2020, @danieloran & @EricTopol predicted that up to 40-45% of people infected w #COVID19 were totally asymptomatic, meaning HUGE risk of silently spreading the disease to others. 👁 highlights

Next tweet for the UPDATE...

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3/ Now we know ~1 in 3 people infected with #SARSCoV2 remain asymptomatic. This is based on 61 studies & ~1,800,000 pts! Also, of those who test + w/out any symptoms, 75% stay asymptomatic.  This poses a HUGE risk of silent spread to high risk patients.

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4/ This @Lancet study found that asymptomatic #COVID-infected people are ~1/4 as infectious as people w symptoms (& other studies show about 1/3rd), so that is good, but there are absolutely people w/out symptoms giving covid to susceptible people.
 
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5/ In an indoor space, you can bet there are #unVaxxed people around you w asymptomatic #COVID. If you ARE Vaxxed, you are NOT at risk for mod/severe disease, and that’s great, but YOU CAN GET INFECTED & give it to someone else without knowing it, which is where masks help.

6/ Today I was talking with a patient who declined the #Vaccine and is suffering severe blood clots and lung failure from COVID and she begged me to ask others to not make the same mistake she made…

7/fin
In order to ⬇️ asymptomatic spread, we must develop & use rapid, inexpensive home testing often as discussed by @michaelmina_lab. Financial assistance to under-resourced populations must happen. For now, #Vaccine + #Mask for indoor public spaces are still 🔑 considerations.

BTW, the source of the video on tweet #1 of this thread was this new @AnnalsofIM paper by @danieloran & @EricTopol

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