Asymptomatic means a person had the disease, but showed no symptoms throughout it's progression. That is definitely not 99% of us.

What WHO said is not what most of us take from the headline. Read the article.

i don't know if masks are worth the effort or not but they can't hurt, can they ? this thread does point out how little we still know other than it should rightly be named 'kung flu.'

Most medical personnel say that masks are bad for you to wear for prolonged periods of time
They say you are breathing in your own bacteria and you are also breathing in your own nitrogen which is harmful to the brain when you are breathing it constantly. It was also reported early last week that you should only wear a mask if treating someone with the virus. Who knows if this information will change next week like everything else but I choose to breathe in oxygen versus my own bacteria or nitrogen.

This is a virus that the experts know very little about. They are learning as they go...just like us! No endless guilting. Not incorrect data or information. Tests are being conducted as I write. Deal with it.

Everything is not political.

Tell that to the 110000 covid 19 victoms

Yes all those people who died was just because of U.S. politics. This was a world pandemic but you still want to blame it on politics.

Really...... over 100,000 dead..... and with hundreds of thousands more dead across the world and you think it’s political...... wow I guess it’s really true .... you can’t fix it

And if we had done nothing and had 2 million die what would that of done to the economy?

This has happened before and people were objecting to masks and protesting just like now but some people can’t see that. Remember the Spanish flu, 2 million dead.

Caution is one thing: as you would do when there is a flu outbreak. But the Wuhan virus reaction has been tied up in politics, with one side trying to damage both the economy and the political prospects of the president, and the other side trying to take a measured approach to make sure "the cure is not worse than the disease."

We have people now, and you can see them on every social media site, who react with hysterical outbursts when they see people without masks or not staying six feet away from each other. Remember the hundreds of young people at the lake of the Ozarks party? The hysterics went into overdrive with that crowd, screaming that hundreds would contract the virus. Result: a couple of people came down with it. Same thing with Michigan voting and dire predictions of outbreaks from voting Same thing with bogus attacks on hydroxychloroquine, to spread fear and anxiety.

And the fear mongers who deliberately exaggerated the danger for purposes of power or politics or financial gain should be held accountable for the hundreds of thousands people who did not get cancer screenings, treatment for coronary disease or a host of other truly life threatening conditions because they were frightened and bullied into staying home.

I’m in Massachusetts now and masks are required in public. People ride alone in their car with a mask!!!! That’s like lying in bed alone with a condom on!!!

Here is a study published a few days ago that says the opposite, asymptomatic spread is responsible for 40-45% of cases.

One of the more insidious features of the new coronavirus behind COVID-19 is its ability to settle into unsuspecting hosts who never show signs of being sick but are able to spread the virus to others.

In a study published June 3 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers at the Scripps Research Translational Institute reviewed data from 16 different groups of COVID-19 patients from around the world to get a better idea of how many cases of coronavirus can likely be traced to people who spread the virus without ever knowing they were infected. Their conclusion: at minimum, 30%, and more likely 40% to 45%.

Nearly Half of COVID-19 Cases May Be Spread Asymptomatically | Time

I agree. Thank you. Never hurts to be to cautious.

You probably believe what the government tells you too....right?

"A pound of prevention is worth more than a ton of cure" I remember my Dad talking of the Spanish Flu with coffins stacked up on street corners in Baltimore. Ive spent a bit of time in Viet Nam over the past few years. Everyone wears masks almost all the time. 95 million people . Very few cases and only a handful of deaths.