- COVID-19: asymptomatic, pre-symptomatic, symptomatic explained | World . . .
Pre-symptomatic cases Given the incubation period for COVID-19 – the time between exposure to the virus and symptom onset – can be up to 14 days, there are also circumstances where people could have caught the disease but are not yet aware of it so are continuing as normal
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- Can you spread coronavirus without having symptoms? | World Economic Forum
Meyers and her team examined more than 450 infection case reports from 93 cities in China and found the strongest evidence yet that people without symptoms must be transmitting the virus, known as pre-symptomatic transmission According to the paper, more than 1 in 10 infections came from people who had the virus but did not yet feel sick
- In defence of income tax | World Economic Forum
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- To test or not to test? Two experts explain COVID-19 testing
At the beginning of the epidemic, the majority of tests were sent to the CDC for testing Now, the tests are carried out by the Departments of Health, state laboratories, and in some places, such as at my healthcare organization, we can run our own test, and therefore, increase the amount of testing we can do, and decrease the time patients have to wait for the results
- Why has global trade slowed down? | World Economic Forum
Cyclical factors contribute to the global trade slowdown Historically, the negative effect of a crisis on trade performance has not been limited to the crisis period, but persisted through the medium term (Freund 2009, Abiad et al 2014) The weakness in import demand is symptomatic of overall weakness in aggregate demand
- How close are we to beating dengue? | World Economic Forum
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- How local modelling can build resilience in the post-COVID era
These solutions model the potential impact of hurricane evacuations on the spread of COVID-19 by tracking transitions between those who are susceptible, exposed, asymptomatic, pre-symptomatic, symptomatic (mild and severe), hospitalized and recovered in order to optimize disaster response
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