Asymptomatic People Do Not Spread COVID-19

A study looking at PCR test data from nearly 10 million residents has found not a single one of those who had been in close contact with an asymptomatic individual tested positive.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• A vast majority of those testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 are asymptomatic. They simply aren’t sick. The PCR test is merely picking up inactive (noninfectious) viral particles

• In one study, which looked at pregnant women admitted for delivery, 87.5% of the women who tested positive for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 had no symptoms

• A study loo…