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You could be spreading the coronavirus without realizing you’ve got it

“The study concluded that 86 per cent of cases were “undocumented” – that is, asymptomatic or had only very mild symptoms (Science, doi.org/ggn6c2).… Such undocumented cases are still contagious and the study found them to be the source of most of the virus’s spread in China before the restrictions came in. Even though these people were only 55 per cent as contagious as people with symptoms, the study found that they were the source of 79 per cent of further infections, due to there being more of them, and the higher likelihood that they were out and about.” (https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238473-you-could-be-spreading-the-coronavirus-without-realising-youve-got-it/?utm_source=NSDAY&utm_campaign=8c5b903747-NSDAY_250320&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1254aaab7a-8c5b903747-373868199)

(https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/23/coronavirus-sense-of-smell/)

“The country showed that it is possible to contain the coronavirus without shutting down the economy, but experts are unsure whether its lessons can work abroad.”

(https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/world/asia/coronavirus-south-korea-flatten-curve.html)