everything wrote:so here in NC USA, 7 day moving average of related deaths isn't quite flat or moving down, but we are already in stage 1 of re-opening (social distance rules, limited numbers in gathering, etc.). supposedly a ton of people went to the mall. ugh.
in better news, a friend of mine who works for a lab testing company said they have plenty of tests available (antibody test and swab test) and are only doing half of what they can do at this time. so I take that to mean test availability is improving, and that should help with the re-opening phases (have social distancing practices, masks, have enough hospital beds, have enough testing .... all in advance of any treatments, vaccines, "herd immunity", etc.). don't want a false sense of security, but that's some better news.
In Iceland, where a broad testing effort resulted in 5% of the country's population being tested for COVID-19, a lab study suggests that as many as 50% of people who have the disease show no symptoms. A study conducted in Singapore showed that patients with COVID-19 were able to spread the disease without showing symptoms themselves.
https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/05/12/gigi-gro ... passports/Given that up to 50% + some reports suggest as high as 80% are asymptomatic what do you
feel should be done with those that are not sick or may not even know they have the virus ?
Although its been said that vaccines may be developed its also possible they may not be as with other viruses. The difference in most cases with the other viruses the latency period is very short, all will develop symptoms.
The virus is going to spread, its what it does.
Mass testing allows officials to utilize up-to-date and localized data on the disease spread, including identifying asymptomatic individuals who can then isolate themselves before they further spread the virus.
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues ... -continue/what happens when they don't want to self isolate because they'er not sick...
South Korea has taken a unique approach to surveilling its citizens to contain the spread of the coronavirus, aided by a loosening of privacy laws during a 2015 outbreak of MERS that allows the government to access people’s personal data. The government monitors bank card, cell phone location, and CCTV data to identify people who may have come into contact with known cases and ensure they get tested.
"get tested " but may be asymptomatic...