COVID-19 asymptomatic individuals are the most infectious in the first five days after experiencing the first symptoms.
A new study conducted at the University of St. Andrews, published in The Lancet Microbe journal on November 19th, analyzed 98 other studies on more than 8,000 patients that tested positive for one of the three forms of coronavirus, such as COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV) or severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV).
When examining COVID-19 patients, the researchers have discovered that an individual is most infectious in the first five days after symptoms arise. According to lead author Muge Cevik, MD, a clinical lecturer in infectious diseases and medical virology at the University of St. Andrews, these findings coincide with other contract tracing studies, implying that the most infectious period is quite early. To be more precise, within the first five days after experiencing the first symptom.
These findings explain why it’s so important to self-isolate as soon as you experience your first symptom because that’s when the majority of viral transmission events occur.
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This is all about money. Companies don’t want to pay employees for 14 days of quarantine. I don’t blame them, however just shortening the time is not the answer. This will cause a larger spread of the virus, making things harder on our health care system. The Federal Government needs to get their act together and think of ways to help SMALL business and employees. Otherwise we’re going to have complete mayhem going into the new year.
The entire subject is for money. Dr. Rashid Buttar, in charge of making COVID-19 in China three years ago, reported it was either sold or stolen for pharmaceutical profits. It will work! The more people get sick, the more money they make.
IT IS MY BELIEF THAT ALL OF THE NUMBERS ARE INFLATED. DEMOCRATS AND THE NEWS OUTLETS CREATED THIS GREAT FEAR AN CAPTIALIZED ON IT. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS TRYING TO GAIN FULL CONTROL OF OUR LIVES. THE PROCESS IS TO WIN THE HEARTS AN MINDS OF THE POPULUS LIKE WE TRIED TO DO IN THE VIETNAM AN WE KNOW HOW THAT TURNED OUT. AMERICA WE NEED TO FIGHT AS HARD AS WE CAN TO STOP THE GOVERNMENT FROM STRIPPING AWAY OUR CIVIL RIGHTS OR WE WILL SURELY LOSE THEM, MAKING IT SO MUCH HARDER TO REGAIN THEM. IF YOU THINK DEPENDING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO CARE FOR US, ASK THE AMERICAN INDIAN HOW WELL THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN CARE OF THEM OR OUR VETRANS.
500,000 dead in the u.s. alone, are you gonna call that fake news? do you think that civil rights includes the right to not wear a mask and infect other people? do you wear a seat belt? the republican party has a long history of attempts at voter suppression some successful, which is really how to take away our civil rights and turn us into a fascist dictatorship, and you want to blame Democrats? As a veteran I bet you are not happy with the way the VA has handled the pandemic, but that was under the last administration which didnt give a damn about the folks on the ground, just about helping their rich friends.
The statistics have been altered to include persons who actually died with a comorbidity as a COVID death. Hospitals are given a financial incentive to reclassify cause of death. Check out the CDC change of how how deaths are reported.