Yes. So it's not 50% asymptomatic

Yes. So it's not 50% asymptomatic
by dulac89 (2020-04-27 16:47:44)

In reply to: Can I ask you to at least guess at something posted by ndgotrobbedin97

It's more likely 25%. What was found when they did the testing with so many "asymptomatic" patients is that many of them were presymptomatic. It's been shown that you can shed virus for up to 7 days before showing symptoms. So of all the original people with positive tests that were asymptomatic, at least half went on to develop symptoms shortly thereafter.

So about 50% are sick, but not sick enough to be hospitalized. I think one friend (another ER doctor) and his family are a good example. He was very sick...fever, cough, body aches, short of breath. He does Ironman triathlons and he had to stop and rest going to the bathroom. He felt terrible for about a week. His wife also got sick and tested positive, but she had no fever just a moderate cough for 4-5 days. One kid had a bad cough for 2 weeks but otherwise felt fine, and the other kid just had a stuffy nose

Bottom line is that they are all over the board. We call and follow up with every patient we discharge. Some still feel terrible, but not bad enough to get admitted. Others are feeling better.

My wife had a coworker

Who had a fever for like 5 weeks. She was tested as positive but that’s really the only symptom. Has had some issues of just feeling lethargic.

But 5 weeks of a fever is just crazy I would think. It’s now just barely a fever, but for several weeks it was consistently 100/101. Just another weird reaction to Covid I guess

That's pretty common

The other one is the cough...it can last for weeks (like 6-8 weeks)

This virus is certainly not typical of the common cold or flu