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Originally Posted by Donger
CNN)More data showing people without symptoms are fueling the spread of coronavirus have top officials rethinking whether the general public should be wearing masks.
New data out of Iceland shows 50% of those who tested positive said they were asymptomatic.
In the US, an estimated 25% of coronavirus carriers have no symptoms, said the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"One of the (pieces of) information that we have pretty much confirmed now is that a significant number of individuals that are infected actually remain asymptomatic. That may be as many as 25%," CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield told NPR.
To prevent further spread, the nation's top infectious disease expert says health officials are now re-examining guidance on face masks.
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This and the long incubation period make this thing as dangerous as it is.
What a cluster****.
Without these two factors, this would have been just another SARS/MARS/whatever. Sigh.