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Let’s talk about this. First we learn that there’s no passport immunity from this virus (you can get it again), and we know that a large percentage of those who have it are asymptomatic. Now we learn that asymptomatic cases can also lead to death...
1/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/24/strokes-coronavirus-young-patients/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/20...
1/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/24/strokes-coronavirus-young-patients/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/20...
That means that we can have millions of silent carriers roaming around who, with time will also suffer some consequences. Which means, simply, that we cannot ever get a handle on this epidemic until either we have a vaccine, or we can test and retest every person. 2/
We know that our current testing capacity is only scratching the surface.
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And we now know, based on this study by UM in Miami, that there are more silent carriers than we had even imagined. (Estimated at 6% of the Miami/Dade population. An upcoming similar random antibody survey in New York will yield similar results.
4/ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article242260406.html">https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coro...
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Taken together, all of these elements add up to a frightening picture of a virus that has the potential to become a population killer... without either a vaccine or testing capacity. I don’t say this lightly, but we have a very serious problem here.
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And... we have literally no national leadership to deal with it. If there was ever a time to listen to science, to exercise a duty to warn....
This is it. We have to wake up.
This is it. We have to wake up.
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