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Re:San Francisco may be first major US city to hit herd immu... by yazboo on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @08:45AM (#27447246)
Are you unconcerned about asymptomatic transmission? As I understand it, a big reason why there's a pandemic is that you might not necessarily know whether you're infectious.

Asymptomatic individuals are indeed less infectious on an individual basis, but I know of at least one study [1] which purports to show a lot of transmission from asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic people.

[1] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...

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Re:San Francisco may be first major US city to hit herd immu... by hamandcheese on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @01:06PM (#27450390)
Not only am I not sick, I am vaccinated, and vaccines are widely available where I live.

So no, I have absolutely no concern for asymptomatic transmission.

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