[conspire] CABAL in the time of Cholera^W SARS-CoV-2: March event cancelled

[Nick Moffitt]

On 15Mar2020 01:14pm (-0700), Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote:
> 3. Asymptomatic transmission IS important.
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> https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/health/coronavirus-asymptomatic-spread/index.html
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> Money shot quote: "Ciesek was surprised to find that the viral load of the specimens from the asymptomatic patients was higher than the viral load of the specimens from the three patients who did have symptoms.”

I'm curious if this surprise was part of the story, or if it was added by the journalist.  Perhaps the tale was more of a "you may find this surprising, but..."?

The symptoms of diseases like this are actually side-effects of the way our immune system battles the virus.  The fever is partly our body trying to raise the temperature past the operating temperature of many pathogens, mucous an attempt to raise salinity on affected sites, and so on.  I would have absolutely expected someone whose immune system has gone full-tilt to have a lower viral load than someone who is simply playing a happy host.