A Study's Bombshell Finding That Has Been Ignored
by David Zweig
A recent rise in Covid cases has led to a return of mask mandates in a number of institutions.
Mask mandates and these other interventions were—and are—premised on a basic idea: a large portion of healthy people may unknowingly be infected with Covid and could transmit the virus to others. The results from a unique, new study, however, call this logic into question.
The paper, published in the August issue of the journal The Lancet Microbe , found that infected people presymptomatically—that is before they developed symptoms—very rarely had the ability to infect others.
The Lancet paper detailed the results of what is known as a challenge study. The authors found that just 7% of emissions into the air and environment from infected participants occurred before the first reported symptom. This is an arresting finding, considering that it contradicts the prevailing wisdom among health professionals, authorities, and the public.
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Journalist and author of SilentLunch David Zweig elaborates on his latest report on a study that reveal narratives touted by the media and many in the scientific community are not all accurate.