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Protection against the asymptomatic
Prof Thwaites says quarantine on such a vast scale is key as evidence mounts that as many as half of all infected people are asymptomatic.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52628283
This can be a little misleading.
It is not saying that as many as half of all asymptomatic people are infected.
But without mass testing, it is not possible to know how many are infected, only estimates from small mass-testing experiments.
Prof Thwaites says quarantine on such a vast scale is key as evidence mounts that as many as half of all infected people are asymptomatic.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52628283
This can be a little misleading.
It is not saying that as many as half of all asymptomatic people are infected.
But without mass testing, it is not possible to know how many are infected, only estimates from small mass-testing experiments.