--- title: "Fears of Asymptomatic Covid Spread Overblown, Infected people without symptoms are TWO-THIRDS less likely to pass virus on." type: "post" post_id: "2340" slug: "fears-of-asymptomatic-covid-spread-overblown-infected-people-without-symptoms-are-two-thirds-less-likely-to-pass-virus-on" canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/05/27/fears-of-asymptomatic-covid-spread-overblown-infected-people-without-symptoms-are-two-thirds-less-likely-to-pass-virus-on/" markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/05/27/fears-of-asymptomatic-covid-spread-overblown-infected-people-without-symptoms-are-two-thirds-less-likely-to-pass-virus-on.md" json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/05/27/fears-of-asymptomatic-covid-spread-overblown-infected-people-without-symptoms-are-two-thirds-less-likely-to-pass-virus-on.json" txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/05/27/fears-of-asymptomatic-covid-spread-overblown-infected-people-without-symptoms-are-two-thirds-less-likely-to-pass-virus-on.txt" published: "2022-05-27T16:17:09+00:00" modified: "2022-05-27T16:20:54+00:00" author: "penny2" categories: - "Uncategorized" tags: - "Big Pharma" - "Covid" - "Media" - "perception management" - "state sponsored terrorism" - "Technocracy" site_name: "PFYT2" publisher: "" language: "en-US" generator: "easyPress Markdown" generator_version: "1.0.6" --- > Fears about silent spreaders of Covid — who suffer no symptoms but can pass the virus to others — may have been overblown. > > **A study of nearly 30,000 people has found asymptomatic carriers are about 68 per cent less likely to pass the virus on than those who get sick.** > > No10 used concerns about asymptomatic spread to justify forcing Britons to obey lockdowns and wear masks. > > They were thought to account for up to a third of all infections and many scientists **claimed** asymptomatic patients were just as infectious as the sick. **Claims vs Reality** > But a new global study spanning 42 countries, including the UK and US, found they were **only responsible for as little as 14 per cent of cases.** > > They also estimate that their overall risk of passing the virus to someone else ‘about two-thirds lower’. > > Scientists **claimed** Covid’s ability to spread asymptomatically was one of the reasons for harsh social curbs. **Experts analysed data from 130 studies from 42 countries.** > They involved 28,426 people who caught Covid between April 2020 and July 2021. > > Of these patients, nearly 12,000 had an asymptomatic infection, having tested positive on a PCR but having suffered no symptoms. > > All of the studies included the results of community screening programmes, contact tracing, and investigations into specific outbreaks like on cruise ships. > > They found the ‘secondary attack rate’, how likely people infected with Covid are to pass the virus to others, **was 68 per cent lower for asymptomatic cases, compared to those with symptoms.** > > Scientists also estimated between **14-to-50 per cent of the Covid infections were asymptomatic.** > > But lead author, Diana Buitrago-Garcia, from the University of Bern in Switzerland, suggested **their role in overall Covid transmission was minor.** > > ***If both the proportion and transmissibility of asymptomatic infection are relatively low, people with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection should account for a smaller proportion of overall transmission than presymptomatic individuals,’*** she said. > > Co-author, Professor Nicola Low, an expert in social and preventative medicine at Bern, said while **it was clear asymptomatic cases were less infectious,** the true scale of these cases in the pandemic was difficult to calculate. > > ‘The true proportion of SARS-CoV-2 infection is still not known, and it would be misleading to rely on a single number because the 130 studies that we reviewed were so different,’ she said. > > **‘People with truly asymptomatic infection are, however, less infectious than those with symptomatic infection.’** **Covid Catch Up Day** > [Research suggests that vaccination against COVID via mRNA vaccines may reduce body’s ability to produce key type of antibody.](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/05/27/research-suggests-that-vaccination-against-covid-via-mrna-vaccines-may-reduce-bodys-ability-to-produce-key-type-of-antibody/) > [COVID-19 vaccine policy: why mandates, passports and restrictions may cause more harm than good](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/05/27/covid-19-vaccine-policy-why-mandates-passports-and-restrictions-may-cause-more-harm-than-good-%ef%bf%bc/)