gil wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:02 pmI haven't made it all the way through this, but I know there are studies that reach other conclusions, and in particular, distinguish between the transmission rates from asymptomatic versus presymptomatic people.D-train wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:05 pmUnreal......this would mean that symptomatic people are the only ones spreading. Why would a symptomatic person not quarantine??
https://www.aier.org/article/asymptomat ... revisited/
Assuming this ("Why would a symptomatic person not quarantine?") is not a rhetorical question:
1. The person doesn't identify the symptoms as anything out of the ordinary (i.e, "this could be COVID-19" doesn't register).
2. The person is so tired of not seeing his/her family or friends that they make a reckless choice (i.e., they don't quarantine because the desire to see a brother or grandparent or grandkid is so strong)
3. The person knows they have COVID-19 symptoms but believes that spreading it is not a big deal, because they believe that this disease is no worse than a cold or seasonal flu.
For people under 50, the flu is just as dangerous or more dangerous than Covid.
The old and the infirm are the most at risk. We have government plans that focus on controlling everyone instead of the most vulnerable. We have the vaccine now. We need to change course.
People who don't believe the above are going to get people killed. Opium over doses have sky rocketed. Up to 30% of small business has no business now. One in four teens has become suicidal.
It's not Covid that we should be afraid of, but rather, the socialists using the disease to destroy our society.