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COVID-19 Can Be Spread Without Symptoms
The science behind COVID-19 asymptomatic spread
There are so many myths about COVID-19 that sometimes it is really quite challenging to keep up. Despite spending the end of 2020 writing about numerous myths, and why the were wrong, they still pop up with alarming regularity.
Case in point: the new idea that if you don’t have current symptoms of COVID-19, there is no reason to worry that you could spread the disease. While this is a very popular thought, it is, unfortunately, just not true.
This is something we’ve known for quite a while, and is actually completely expected given what we know about how viruses transmit and the epidemiology of such infections.
So let’s talk COVID-19, symptoms, and why we are still worried about people spreading the disease even if they feel fine.
Isolating Issues
Why is this all important? Well, the main point of contention is that people who test positive for COVID-19 generally have to isolate, to stop them from spreading the disease on to other people. This is a basic public health measure that has been in…
