Over 80% of COVID cases on cruise ship were asymptomatic

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May 28, 2020, 7:02:44 PM5/28/20

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Hard to figure out exactly what this means, but there's no doubt it will be spun

as more dire news, assuming it gets any further coverage. But if those Chinese

scientists are right about the non-infectivity of asymptomatic cases, this would

be another strike against the lockdown policy and the case for universal

mandatory vaccination.

MCM

More than 80% of coronavirus patients on a cruise ship did not have any symptoms, new study says

PUBLISHED WED, MAY 27 20206:30 PM EDTUPDATED 6 HOURS AGO

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/27/over-80percent-of-coronavirus-patients-on-cruise-ship-had-no-symptoms-study-says.html

William Feuer @WILLFOIA

More than 80% of the passengers and crew infected with coronavirus on an expedition cruise ship did not show any symptoms, raising questions about the true prevalence of “silent” infections, according to a peer-reviewed study published Wednesday in Thorax.

The three researchers said their findings emphasize the need for accurate global data on the number of people, both symptomatic and asymptomatic, who have been infected with the coronavirus.

“It is difficult to find a reliable estimate of the number of COVID positive patients who have no symptoms,” Alan Smyth, professor of child health at the University of Nottingham and joint editor-in-chief of Thorax, said in a statement. “As countries progress out of lockdown, a high proportion of infected, but asymptomatic, individuals may mean that a much higher percentage of the population than expected may have been infected with COVID.”

It remains unclear what a wider prevalence of infection would mean. The World Health Organization cautioned earlier Wednesday that it’s unknown whether people who have been infected with the coronavirus are at risk of becoming infected again.