Silent Carriars... Much higher than originally reported...
C****av***s horror: Up to one third of infected people are 'silent carriers' of C****-**
NEW SCIENTIFIC data from China shows that the number of people infected with the c****av***s but who show no or delayed symptoms is much higher than first thought.
By JOHN VARGA
06:41, Mon, Mar 23, 2020 | UPDATED: 10:50, Mon, Mar 23, 2020
According to classified Chinese government statistics seen by the South China Morning Post, as many as one third of those who test positive for C****-** are “silent carriers”. At the end of February, China quarantined 43,000 people who had tested positive for the deadly v***s, but who showed no outward signs of infection. The number was not included in official figures, which at the time stood at 80,000.
The discovery has huge implications for the strategies employed by countries in their fight to contain the p******c.
Increasingly, scientists believe that those showing no symptoms of the disease are still capable of t***smitting the v***s to others.
This challenges the conclusion of a report published by the World Health Organisation, after a team of its experts had visited China.
The report estimated that asymptomatic infections accounted for only one to three percent of cases.
However, a Japanese epidemiologist put the proportion of asymptomatic Japanese patients evacuated from W***n at 30.8 percent, a figure similar to the classified Chinese government data.
Hiroshi Nishiura from Hokkaido University along with a group of experts wrote a letter in February to the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Mr Nishiura said: “The number of novel c****av***s (C****-**) cases worldwide continues to grow, and the gap between reports from China and statistical estimates of incidence based on cases diagnosed outside China indicates that a substantial number of cases are underdiagnosed.”
He added: “The asymptomatic ratio … could be higher among children than in older adults.
“That would considerably change our scope of the outbreak, and even the optimal interventions can change.”
A separate study carried out by scientists from the University of Texas would seem to back up Mr Nishiura’s hypothesis.
In a report published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, the American researchers concluded that “silent carriers” were responsible for ten percent of the 450 cases they studied in 93 Chinese cities.
Benjamin Cowling, an epidemiology and biostatistics professor at the University of Hong Kong, told the Daily Mail that there was “clear evidence that infected persons could t***smit infection before symptoms appear.”
He added: “There are many reports of t***smission around one to two days before symptom onset.”
These new findings have led to increasing calls for Western Governments to follow China and South Korea’s example of testing everyone known to have come in contact with c****av***s sufferers.
Currently, the US, the UK and Italy do not test people without symptoms.
Moreover, America and European countries are only testing airport arrivals if they show symptoms of C****-**.
In contrast, Hong Kong, which has successfully been able to contain the v***s, tests all arrivals .
It comes as a US diagnostics company has developed a new molecular based test, that will allow for quick diagnosis of the c****av***s.
The new test has been developed by the molecular diagnostics company Cepheid and should be rolled out by the beginning of this week.
It will allow hospitals and clinics to carry out tests and confirm diagnosis of infection on-site , without the need to send samples to a dedicated diagnostics laboratory.
The molecular based test allows for a high degree of accuracy and uses the company’s GeneXpert machine to produce results on-site.
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
C****av***s horror: Up to one third of infected people are 'silent carriers' of C****-**
NEW SCIENTIFIC data from China shows that the number of people infected with the c****av***s but who show no or delayed symptoms is much higher than first thought.
By JOHN VARGA
06:41, Mon, Mar 23, 2020 | UPDATED: 10:50, Mon, Mar 23, 2020
According to classified Chinese government statistics seen by the South China Morning Post, as many as one third of those who test positive for C****-** are “silent carriers”. At the end of February, China quarantined 43,000 people who had tested positive for the deadly v***s, but who showed no outward signs of infection. The number was not included in official figures, which at the time stood at 80,000.
The discovery has huge implications for the strategies employed by countries in their fight to contain the p******c.
Increasingly, scientists believe that those showing no symptoms of the disease are still capable of t***smitting the v***s to others.
This challenges the conclusion of a report published by the World Health Organisation, after a team of its experts had visited China.
The report estimated that asymptomatic infections accounted for only one to three percent of cases.
However, a Japanese epidemiologist put the proportion of asymptomatic Japanese patients evacuated from W***n at 30.8 percent, a figure similar to the classified Chinese government data.
Hiroshi Nishiura from Hokkaido University along with a group of experts wrote a letter in February to the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Mr Nishiura said: “The number of novel c****av***s (C****-**) cases worldwide continues to grow, and the gap between reports from China and statistical estimates of incidence based on cases diagnosed outside China indicates that a substantial number of cases are underdiagnosed.”
He added: “The asymptomatic ratio … could be higher among children than in older adults.
“That would considerably change our scope of the outbreak, and even the optimal interventions can change.”
A separate study carried out by scientists from the University of Texas would seem to back up Mr Nishiura’s hypothesis.
In a report published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, the American researchers concluded that “silent carriers” were responsible for ten percent of the 450 cases they studied in 93 Chinese cities.
Benjamin Cowling, an epidemiology and biostatistics professor at the University of Hong Kong, told the Daily Mail that there was “clear evidence that infected persons could t***smit infection before symptoms appear.”
He added: “There are many reports of t***smission around one to two days before symptom onset.”
These new findings have led to increasing calls for Western Governments to follow China and South Korea’s example of testing everyone known to have come in contact with c****av***s sufferers.
Currently, the US, the UK and Italy do not test people without symptoms.
Moreover, America and European countries are only testing airport arrivals if they show symptoms of C****-**.
In contrast, Hong Kong, which has successfully been able to contain the v***s, tests all arrivals .
It comes as a US diagnostics company has developed a new molecular based test, that will allow for quick diagnosis of the c****av***s.
The new test has been developed by the molecular diagnostics company Cepheid and should be rolled out by the beginning of this week.
It will allow hospitals and clinics to carry out tests and confirm diagnosis of infection on-site , without the need to send samples to a dedicated diagnostics laboratory.
The molecular based test allows for a high degree of accuracy and uses the company’s GeneXpert machine to produce results on-site.
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The more testing the better. Will give us a more accurate description of the situation.
JFlorio wrote:
The more testing the better. Will give us a more accurate description of the situation.
Yes...
And self quarantining if in an infected area..
JFlorio wrote:
The more testing the better. Will give us a more accurate description of the situation.
The quicker they roll out this testing, the quicker they can begin to reopen businesses.
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
C****av***s horror: Up to one third of infected people are 'silent carriers' of C****-**
NEW SCIENTIFIC data from China shows that the number of people infected with the c****av***s but who show no or delayed symptoms is much higher than first thought.
By JOHN VARGA
06:41, Mon, Mar 23, 2020 | UPDATED: 10:50, Mon, Mar 23, 2020
According to classified Chinese government statistics seen by the South China Morning Post, as many as one third of those who test positive for C****-** are “silent carriers”. At the end of February, China quarantined 43,000 people who had tested positive for the deadly v***s, but who showed no outward signs of infection. The number was not included in official figures, which at the time stood at 80,000.
The discovery has huge implications for the strategies employed by countries in their fight to contain the p******c.
Increasingly, scientists believe that those showing no symptoms of the disease are still capable of t***smitting the v***s to others.
This challenges the conclusion of a report published by the World Health Organisation, after a team of its experts had visited China.
The report estimated that asymptomatic infections accounted for only one to three percent of cases.
However, a Japanese epidemiologist put the proportion of asymptomatic Japanese patients evacuated from W***n at 30.8 percent, a figure similar to the classified Chinese government data.
Hiroshi Nishiura from Hokkaido University along with a group of experts wrote a letter in February to the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Mr Nishiura said: “The number of novel c****av***s (C****-**) cases worldwide continues to grow, and the gap between reports from China and statistical estimates of incidence based on cases diagnosed outside China indicates that a substantial number of cases are underdiagnosed.”
He added: “The asymptomatic ratio … could be higher among children than in older adults.
“That would considerably change our scope of the outbreak, and even the optimal interventions can change.”
A separate study carried out by scientists from the University of Texas would seem to back up Mr Nishiura’s hypothesis.
In a report published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, the American researchers concluded that “silent carriers” were responsible for ten percent of the 450 cases they studied in 93 Chinese cities.
Benjamin Cowling, an epidemiology and biostatistics professor at the University of Hong Kong, told the Daily Mail that there was “clear evidence that infected persons could t***smit infection before symptoms appear.”
He added: “There are many reports of t***smission around one to two days before symptom onset.”
These new findings have led to increasing calls for Western Governments to follow China and South Korea’s example of testing everyone known to have come in contact with c****av***s sufferers.
Currently, the US, the UK and Italy do not test people without symptoms.
Moreover, America and European countries are only testing airport arrivals if they show symptoms of C****-**.
In contrast, Hong Kong, which has successfully been able to contain the v***s, tests all arrivals .
It comes as a US diagnostics company has developed a new molecular based test, that will allow for quick diagnosis of the c****av***s.
The new test has been developed by the molecular diagnostics company Cepheid and should be rolled out by the beginning of this week.
It will allow hospitals and clinics to carry out tests and confirm diagnosis of infection on-site , without the need to send samples to a dedicated diagnostics laboratory.
The molecular based test allows for a high degree of accuracy and uses the company’s GeneXpert machine to produce results on-site.
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If it takes 2-14 days incubation period yes they can still infect people. I will say it again lots of older people will not run a fever or show signs of illness till they are really sick. As you grow older your body's response time is sluggish. I have had pneumonia twice I didn't even know I was sick no coughing on fever I just became slightly confused and knew something was wrong
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
C****av***s horror: Up to one third of infected people are 'silent carriers' of C****-**
NEW SCIENTIFIC data from China shows that the number of people infected with the c****av***s but who show no or delayed symptoms is much higher than first thought.
By JOHN VARGA
06:41, Mon, Mar 23, 2020 | UPDATED: 10:50, Mon, Mar 23, 2020
According to classified Chinese government statistics seen by the South China Morning Post, as many as one third of those who test positive for C****-** are “silent carriers”. At the end of February, China quarantined 43,000 people who had tested positive for the deadly v***s, but who showed no outward signs of infection. The number was not included in official figures, which at the time stood at 80,000.
The discovery has huge implications for the strategies employed by countries in their fight to contain the p******c.
Increasingly, scientists believe that those showing no symptoms of the disease are still capable of t***smitting the v***s to others.
This challenges the conclusion of a report published by the World Health Organisation, after a team of its experts had visited China.
The report estimated that asymptomatic infections accounted for only one to three percent of cases.
However, a Japanese epidemiologist put the proportion of asymptomatic Japanese patients evacuated from W***n at 30.8 percent, a figure similar to the classified Chinese government data.
Hiroshi Nishiura from Hokkaido University along with a group of experts wrote a letter in February to the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Mr Nishiura said: “The number of novel c****av***s (C****-**) cases worldwide continues to grow, and the gap between reports from China and statistical estimates of incidence based on cases diagnosed outside China indicates that a substantial number of cases are underdiagnosed.”
He added: “The asymptomatic ratio … could be higher among children than in older adults.
“That would considerably change our scope of the outbreak, and even the optimal interventions can change.”
A separate study carried out by scientists from the University of Texas would seem to back up Mr Nishiura’s hypothesis.
In a report published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, the American researchers concluded that “silent carriers” were responsible for ten percent of the 450 cases they studied in 93 Chinese cities.
Benjamin Cowling, an epidemiology and biostatistics professor at the University of Hong Kong, told the Daily Mail that there was “clear evidence that infected persons could t***smit infection before symptoms appear.”
He added: “There are many reports of t***smission around one to two days before symptom onset.”
These new findings have led to increasing calls for Western Governments to follow China and South Korea’s example of testing everyone known to have come in contact with c****av***s sufferers.
Currently, the US, the UK and Italy do not test people without symptoms.
Moreover, America and European countries are only testing airport arrivals if they show symptoms of C****-**.
In contrast, Hong Kong, which has successfully been able to contain the v***s, tests all arrivals .
It comes as a US diagnostics company has developed a new molecular based test, that will allow for quick diagnosis of the c****av***s.
The new test has been developed by the molecular diagnostics company Cepheid and should be rolled out by the beginning of this week.
It will allow hospitals and clinics to carry out tests and confirm diagnosis of infection on-site , without the need to send samples to a dedicated diagnostics laboratory.
The molecular based test allows for a high degree of accuracy and uses the company’s GeneXpert machine to produce results on-site.
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Blasted rich and privileged.
Spreading this v***s global in weeks.
Where is class warfare when you need it?
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
C****av***s horror: Up to one third of infected people are 'silent carriers' of C****-**
NEW SCIENTIFIC data from China shows that the number of people infected with the c****av***s but who show no or delayed symptoms is much higher than first thought.
By JOHN VARGA
06:41, Mon, Mar 23, 2020 | UPDATED: 10:50, Mon, Mar 23, 2020
According to classified Chinese government statistics seen by the South China Morning Post, as many as one third of those who test positive for C****-** are “silent carriers”. At the end of February, China quarantined 43,000 people who had tested positive for the deadly v***s, but who showed no outward signs of infection. The number was not included in official figures, which at the time stood at 80,000.
The discovery has huge implications for the strategies employed by countries in their fight to contain the p******c.
Increasingly, scientists believe that those showing no symptoms of the disease are still capable of t***smitting the v***s to others.
This challenges the conclusion of a report published by the World Health Organisation, after a team of its experts had visited China.
The report estimated that asymptomatic infections accounted for only one to three percent of cases.
However, a Japanese epidemiologist put the proportion of asymptomatic Japanese patients evacuated from W***n at 30.8 percent, a figure similar to the classified Chinese government data.
Hiroshi Nishiura from Hokkaido University along with a group of experts wrote a letter in February to the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Mr Nishiura said: “The number of novel c****av***s (C****-**) cases worldwide continues to grow, and the gap between reports from China and statistical estimates of incidence based on cases diagnosed outside China indicates that a substantial number of cases are underdiagnosed.”
He added: “The asymptomatic ratio … could be higher among children than in older adults.
“That would considerably change our scope of the outbreak, and even the optimal interventions can change.”
A separate study carried out by scientists from the University of Texas would seem to back up Mr Nishiura’s hypothesis.
In a report published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, the American researchers concluded that “silent carriers” were responsible for ten percent of the 450 cases they studied in 93 Chinese cities.
Benjamin Cowling, an epidemiology and biostatistics professor at the University of Hong Kong, told the Daily Mail that there was “clear evidence that infected persons could t***smit infection before symptoms appear.”
He added: “There are many reports of t***smission around one to two days before symptom onset.”
These new findings have led to increasing calls for Western Governments to follow China and South Korea’s example of testing everyone known to have come in contact with c****av***s sufferers.
Currently, the US, the UK and Italy do not test people without symptoms.
Moreover, America and European countries are only testing airport arrivals if they show symptoms of C****-**.
In contrast, Hong Kong, which has successfully been able to contain the v***s, tests all arrivals .
It comes as a US diagnostics company has developed a new molecular based test, that will allow for quick diagnosis of the c****av***s.
The new test has been developed by the molecular diagnostics company Cepheid and should be rolled out by the beginning of this week.
It will allow hospitals and clinics to carry out tests and confirm diagnosis of infection on-site , without the need to send samples to a dedicated diagnostics laboratory.
The molecular based test allows for a high degree of accuracy and uses the company’s GeneXpert machine to produce results on-site.
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