COVID-19 Updates, News, White House Report

Study: Majority of COVID Transmissions from Asymptomatic Cases

April Ryan
July 8, 2020

A nurse in protective gear administers a coronavirus test in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. government will issue guidance encouraging front-line health care workers to reuse personal protective equipment. Pence added that PPE supplies remain "very strong" but the Trump administration will be encouraging healthcare workers "to use some of the best practices" to "preserve and reuse" face masks and other protective equipment. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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The names and faces of coronavirus now include Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance-Bottoms and comedian DL Hughely.

COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive.
— Keisha Lance Bottoms (@KeishaBottoms) July 6, 2020

There are reports that COVID is so rampant in the southeastern US, it is no longer possible do contact tracing. A recent study finds the majority of transmissions are silent; from asymptomatic cases or from cases during the presymptomatic phase. Consequently, symptom based control such as temperature checks are not sufficient.

The EU and Mexico have banned travelers from the US.

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April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan