IT was with disbelief that I read in the news that Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd during a Senate hearing said there was no evidence that asymptomatic Covid-infected persons could infect others. While the World Health Organization may not have conclusive scientific evidence that asymptomatic persons are contagious there is more than enough scientific studies and research telling us that asymptomatic persons are likely spreaders of Covid-19.

Isn’t this why we isolate all Covid-positive or exposed persons, symptomatic or not? It has been very clear since January, when cases were piling up in Wuhan, that the severe cases only constituted a fraction of all positive cases.

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