I like the idea of letting this thread run its course and then not starting a new one. And I nominate @Pod to post the very last post (the last one was automatically capped at 10,041 (or 2) - not sure if that will hold true).
Here is the very first post @Pod made back on January 29, 2020, when Covid was just a glimmer in our collective eye:
By the way, the Vox article that she shared is fascinating with 2020 (heh) hindsight. This part in particular turned out to be unintentional foreshadowing:
Julia Belluz
I’ve read that the virus can spread even when people aren’t showing symptoms, like the recent case in Germany. What do you make of that?
Isaac Bogoch
I want to see more data to support the notion that truly asymptomatic people may have transmitted the infection. Even if there have been cases of asymptomatic transmission of this infection — those will be typically rare cases and with just about every other respiratory tract infection known to humankind, those are not the people who are driving an epidemic.