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Understanding Silent Spreaders
Season 5 · Episode 55

Understanding Silent Spreaders

Prognosis: Misconception · Bloomberg

June 10, 202011m 26s

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A top World Health Organization official sparked a controversy earlier this week when she said cases of asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 spreading the virus are "very rare.” She later clarified her remarks. That provided a moment to explore the debate over so-called silent spreaders -- people who don't get sick after they're infected with the virus -- and their role in its transmission.

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