Replies to post #69898 on Decision Diagnostics Corp (DECN)

[rawman]

Thanks for taking the time to track the article down!

Anyone taking the time to actually read the article will understand the 80% is a very fluffy number from the WHO and there are other reported studies showing the asymptomatic portion of the those actually contracting the COVID-19 virus is somewhere between roughly 20% and 78%, i.e. NOT EXACTLY AN ACCEPTABLE STANDARD DEVIATION, BECAUSE IT IS INCONCLUSIVE DATA AND ALL OVER THE MAP!

Interestingly, the highest number, i.e. 80%, being the WHO fluff, was only number cited in the original post!

Meanwhile, a WHO report found that “80% of infections are mild or asymptomatic, 15% are severe infections and 5% are critical infections”. Though we don’t know what proportion of that 80% were purely asymptomatic, or exactly how the cases were counted, it again points to a large majority of cases who are not going into hospital and being tested.

[pastrychf05]

Yes, that is the article.

So, the only way to really know how many of us are infected is by testing for antibodies - to see if we have actually previously been exposed to it ... even if we are asymptomatic.

Till we have a vaccine - if we want life to get back to any sense of normalcy, we all need to get tested.

I guess checking people’s temperature is pretty useless on asymptomatic carriers of the virus.