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Re:Covid-19 at a homeless shelter in Boston: Implications fo... by jimrandomh on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @04:49PM (#22882868)
It is very important to distinguish asymptomatic (does not have symptoms and will never develop them) from presymptomatic (does not have symptoms yet, because the test caught the infection sufficiently early). The people in this study are mostly presymptomatic, and will develop symptoms later.
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