Asymptomatic spread
2021-01-02
Most of the nonsensical measures mandated to "flatten the curve" and otherwise stop the spread of the Corona virus are based on the assumption that anyone could spread the disease. "Look ma, no symptoms." This of course flies in the face of all known medical history, but somehow the politicians swallowed it hook, line, and sinker.
On 7 June, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the WHO's emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, told a press conference that asymptomatic spread was very rare. Eyebrows were raised, but the WHO managed to backpedal on this enough to confuse the issue without actually calling her a liar, and the world went back to assuming that everyone was a potential menace to society.
On 20 November an article appeared in Nature Communications, announcing the results of a study done in Wuhan with nearly 10 million subjects. They failed to find a single case of asymptomatic spread. Somehow our beloved mainstream media managed to miss this sensational finding, and thus nearly nobody heard about it. So life goes on as abnormal.
The cynic might conclude that there are two kinds of scientists at work here. There's the kind who clearly know which side their bread is buttered on, and they blithely claim with a straight face whatever augurs best for their funding and career prospects. Then there's the kind, mostly retired, who actually make sense. Naturally those that the politicians consult are not rushing to bite the hand that feeds them.
This article lays out the details well: Asymptomatic Spread Revisited
