Covid-19: four fifths of cases are asymptomatic, China figures indicate

[Leongsam]

Covid-19: four fifths of cases are asymptomatic, China figures indicate

BMJ 2020; 369 doi:(Published 02 April 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m1375
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New evidence has emerged from China indicating that the large majority of coronavirus infections do not result in symptoms.

Chinese authorities began publishing daily figures on 1 April on the number of new coronavirus cases that are asymptomatic, with the first day’s figures suggesting that around four in five coronavirus infections caused no illness. Many experts believe that unnoticed, asymptomatic cases of coronavirus infection could be an important source of contagion.

A total of 130 of 166 new infections (78%) identified in the 24 hours to the afternoon of Wednesday 1 April were asymptomatic, said China’s National Health Commission. And most of the 36 cases in which patients showed symptoms involved arrivals from overseas, down from 48 the previous day, the commission said.
China is rigorously testing arrivals from overseas for fear of importing a fresh outbreak of covid-19.

Tom Jefferson, an epidemiologist and honorary research fellow at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford, said the findings were “very, very important.” He told The BMJ, “The sample is small, and more data will become available. Also, it’s not clear exactly how these cases were identified. But let’s just say they are generalisable. And even if they are 10% out, then this suggests the virus is everywhere. If—and I stress, if—the results are representative, then we have to ask, ‘What the hell are we locking down for?’”

Jefferson said that it was quite likely that the virus had been circulating for longer than generally believed and that large swathes of the population had already been exposed.

Users of Chinese social media have expressed fears that carriers with no symptoms could be spreading the virus unknowingly, especially now that infections have subsided and authorities have eased curbs on travel for people in previous hotspots in the epidemic.

Zhong Nanshan, a senior medical adviser to the Chinese government, said that asymptomatic infections would not be able to cause another major outbreak of covid-19 if such people were kept in isolation. Officials have said this is usually for 14 days.

Nanshan said that once asymptomatic infected people were identified, they and their contacts would be isolated and kept under observation.

Citing classified data, the South China Morning Post said that China had already found more than 43 000 cases of asymptomatic infection through contact tracing.
The latest findings seem to contradict a World Health Organization report in February that was based on covid-19 in China. This suggested that “the proportion of truly asymptomatic infections is unclear but appears to be relatively rare and does not appear to be a major driver of transmission.”1

But since that WHO report other researchers, including Sergio Romagnani, a professor of clinical immunology at the University of Florence, have said they have evidence that most people infected by the virus do not show symptoms. Romagnani led the research that showed that blanket testing in a completely isolated village of roughly 3000 people in northern Italy saw the number of people with covid-19 symptoms fall by over 90% within 10 days by isolating people who were symptomatic and those who were asymptomatic.2

In an article on the website of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Jefferson and Carl Heneghan, director of the centre and editor of BMJ EBM, write, “There can be little doubt that covid-19 may be far more widely distributed than some may believe. Lockdown is going to bankrupt all of us and our descendants and is unlikely at this point to slow or halt viral circulation as the genie is out of the bottle.

“What the current situation boils down to is this: is economic meltdown a price worth paying to halt or delay what is already amongst us?”3

 

[A Singaporean]

Even more reason to wear masks. Fucking and their running dogs keep on lying.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Are all the infected dead due to the wuhan virus?

 

[Tony Tan]

COVID-19 proved that heavens want to cull earth-man for their overpopulation ruining planet earth.

The so called asymptomatic are the fitter people whose bodies can fight down the virus and generate antibody WITHOUT FALLING SICK. They are of BETTER HEALTH and are suppose to SURVIVE, their immune system can take care of virus, the virus can not eat their lungs and make them sick fever die what so ever.

The others who will fall sick are obviously the UNFIT and NOT DESERVE SURVIVAL and are SUPPOSED TO BE KILLED by VIRUS under NATURAL SELECTION SYSTEM.

COVID-19 DNA test can find the virus inside the asymptomatic people because they came into close contact and got exposed to COVID-19 virus. E.g. they work or live with COVID-19 infected people in close proximity. But they are not having sickness / weakness / fever / pains / half-dead / up-lorry.

 

[nirvarq]

COVID-19 proved that heavens want to cull earth-man for their overpopulation ruining planet earth.

The so called asymptomatic are the fitter people whose bodies can fight down the virus and generate antibody WITHOUT FALLING SICK. They are of BETTER HEALTH and are suppose to SURVIVE, their immune system can take care of virus, the virus can not eat their lungs and make them sick fever die what so ever.

The others who will fall sick are obviously the UNFIT and NOT DESERVE SURVIVAL and are SUPPOSED TO BE KILLED by VIRUS under NATURAL SELECTION SYSTEM.

COVID-19 DNA test can find the virus inside the asymptomatic people because they came into close contact and got exposed to COVID-19 virus. E.g. they work or live with COVID-19 infected people in close proximity. But they are not having sickness / weakness / fever / pains / half-dead / up-lorry.

This is what i've been saying since day one. It started since August in US and they blame it on Vape smoking, by December it had killed tens of thousands the old the sick and the addicts because these are the sick, old or weaker ones.

There was no travel restrictions then and SG has many US travelers too and by Nov/Dec SG has so many flu cases my whole family kena and i remember my kids said the Doctor say it's a Virial thing like a trend... My neighbours also kena everyone more than 2 weeks then recover.

Then China had it but did you remember after the lockdown in Wuhan after 3 weeks they found a family of Husband/Wife and a small kid like maybe 5 years old they were hiding inside the wuhan wet market they live in a small room there it's their home. They were fine. Not everyone that works there had it. Not everyone in Wuhan died right only a small percentage but the media and US played it big.

When i kena i told my wife how come i got sore throat no phlegm like usual heaty cough and flu. Then i took turmeric pills and drink lots of fruit juice with baking soda (baking soda reduce radiation effects and keep your system alkaline is very good when you have coughs and sore throat etc) then 2 days later chest tight i told my wife woah my throat gets well fast but looks like it went down my chest... i rest up a lot, eat well and 2 days later i got well.

But the problem now is many live with the fear of Covid death which is too much hype up by Media and even science, medical and governments out of ignorant.

This Covid to me is the cure because when we have flu we fight the toxins within us and we have fever and our natural system fights the bacterials and the result the virus it's part of our Human Virome system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_virome

So when the Earth is upgrading to the cosmic cycle it gets nearer and nearer to its Central Sun, (The Logos) hence higher vibration it's all about energy. Earth was a 3rd density planet but going into 4/5th density and the vibration gets higher.

By now i'm sure we would have noticed the new kids that recent years that have arrived are of higher vibration of higher consciousness and awareness. Simply put they're more intelligent and highly compassionate too. This is the 4/5th density children. This is also why kids are not affected.

I'm sorry the old, the weak and sick has to go but then that's Nature. That's also why the scriptures says the meek will inherit the world because the decent ones would take care of their health first than give in to unhealthy desires which usually will weaken us.

So when the earth Schumann Resonance goes higher and we've already cut all the trees and green it is sick and it needs to purge hence Covid is the higher version of flu it is it's cure and now that the lockdown is done because i believe the true 'Watchers' of the earth understand how we humans work.

The Bankers would like to take back properties once the economy hits rock bottom. The governments would love when they are given more power to control the masses but then Gaia would also benefit because it gets to heal up too.

Win/Win ......... is it not ? lol.......... By the time a vaccine is found the herd immunity already kicks in. Just wait and see. Hence i'm actually not living in fear but i'm ecstatic for what is to come.

I have faith in Life and Existence itself (Nature)

Cheers ! Be well.