Understanding Silent Spreaders
Prognosis: Losing it
English - June 10, 2020 20:54 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MB - ★★★★ - 372 ratingsScience Health & Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A top World Health Organization official sparked a controversy earlier this week when she said cases of asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 spreading the virus are "very rare.” She later clarified her remarks. That provided a moment to explore the debate over so-called silent spreaders -- people who don't get sick after they're infected with the virus -- and their role in its transmission.
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