*Hard to figure out exactly what this means, but there's no doubt it will be spun* *as more dire news, assuming it gets any further coverage. But if those Chinese* *scientists are right about the non-infectivity of asymptomatic cases, this would* *be another strike against the lockdown policy and the case for universal * *mandatory **vaccination.*
*MCM* More than 80% of coronavirus patients on a cruise ship did not have any symptoms, new study says PUBLISHED WED, MAY 27 20206:30 PM EDTUPDATED 6 HOURS AGO https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/27/over-80percent-of-coronavirus-patients-on- cruise-ship-had-no-symptoms-study-says.html William Feuer <https://www.cnbc.com/william-feuer/>@WILLFOIA <https://twitter.com/@WillFOIA> <https://twitter.com/@WillFOIA> <https://twitter.com/@WillFOIA> More than 80% of the passengers and crew infected with coronavirus on an expedition cruise ship did not show any symptoms, raising questions about the true prevalence of “silent” infections, according to a <https://twitter.com/@WillFOIA>peer-reviewed study <https://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2020/05/27/thoraxjnl-2020-215091> published Wednesday in Thorax. The three researchers said their findings emphasize the need for accurate global data on the number of people, both symptomatic and asymptomatic, who have been infected with the coronavirus. “It is difficult to find a reliable estimate of the number of COVID positive patients who have no symptoms,” Alan Smyth, professor of child health at the University of Nottingham and joint editor-in-chief of Thorax, said in a statement. “As countries progress out of lockdown, a high proportion of infected, but asymptomatic, individuals may mean that a much higher percentage of the population than expected may have been infected with COVID.” It remains unclear what a wider prevalence of infection would mean. The World Health Organization cautioned earlier Wednesday <https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/27/who-says-jury-is-still-very-much-out-on-whether-coronavirus-antibodies-provide-immunity.html> that it’s unknown whether people who have been infected with the coronavirus are at risk of becoming infected again. *Click on the link for the rest.* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W-G6XO7yTxJi_9VZ5YwajPv3zkZD5RvPUyQf_gygf%2BE%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com.
