Dr. Barry Dworkin

There is still too much we do not know to say that people with asymptomatic Covid-19 are “the key to ending the pandemic”

Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 10, 2020

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Forty percent of people with coronavirus infections have no symptoms. Might they be the key to ending the pandemic?

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