This seems to be, again, a trivialization of this virus. It is much more contagious and with a longer incubation period than most other viruses. because of that, asymptomatic transmission is a major concern for this virus in a way that it is not for others.
Again, nobody is saying we know how to treat people who have it. What we know is how to reduce spread to manageable levels. And that alone means more people will survive because the hospitals won't be overwhelmed.
This is basic. It is precisely where the US is failing miserably and other countries are doing comparatively well.
I honestly disagree with the viruses comparison. I wish I had the data but it would make sense that there are worse viruses that lingered around until they died off the publicity or found some treatment even without cures. Ebola and things like that are such a low risk I looked up-at least in the states. I'd have to look it up but US had some plague viruses (or something similar) that nearly wiped a lot of us out (40s I think). It was more a 100% you will catch it virus rather than one like this one that most have symptoms but not immediately affected seriously. Maybe because it's new and made a political engine, don't know.
Personally, I see the asymptomatic thing one of the big product of fear (not saying people aren't asymptomatic-it's just a foundation of why people fear). Who goes to sleep healthy and wakes up with a respiratory virus? Then when they wake up, they think 24 hours later they'll affect people?
Of course be careful, take care of yourself, but say if its allergy season. What reason would one think they have the disease unless they experience symptoms they are not familiar with or cause them concern (like anything else)? Gosh.
You know how many viruses we can be asymptomatic for? But it seems rare we catch these X-viruses, though. So no publicity about it. Doesn't mean they don't exist just people aren't concerned about them.
It's serious yes, I just think we're not taking it into perspective. It's good to compare with other viruses and things like that and see how many people who have not caught it rather than just the cases that are tested and the deaths. Also, deaths from illnesses aren't isolated. There's multiple reasons people die. A lot of times because of the result of illnesses rather than the illness itself. If we knew all the viruses in the world, we can assume which viruses are and are not worse from each other. Since we don't know I wouldn't assume no other worsen virus exist. Maybe most likely not in the US (other viruses) but definitely existent.
