Quoted in a New York Times article discussing the overlooked silent spread of COVID-19, the WHO's chief of infectious disease preparedness (@SCBriand) tweeted: "It is important to differentiate asymptomatic from pre-symptomatic transmission. #2019n_CoV Study claiming new coronavirus can be transmitted by people without symptoms was flawed."

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The article explains how the science community was undermined by government officials who chose to focus on the distinction between asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic patients transmitting the virus. The focus was on the notion that those who were showing symptoms were the main drivers of the virus and many people did not heed the advice of scientists who made the claim that asymptomatic transmissions were legitimate. 

New York Times article explains how COVID-19's silent spread was so ignored

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/world/europe/coronavirus-spread-asymptomatic.html

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