April 8, 2025 The GIST Editors' notes Hidden impact of COVID-19: How lack of testing and isolation played key role in pandemic's spread by Niki Widdowson, Queensland University of Technology

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   Hidden impact of COVID-19: How lack of testing and isolation played key role in pandemic's spread.

   "Silent" COVID-19 infections—cases in which individuals carried the virus without symptoms and avoided testing or isolation—likely exacerbated the pandemic's early spread and distorted containment strategies"

   "A vast proportion of 'excess deaths' was directly attributable to undetected infections. Unattributed deaths contribute to an underestimation of excess mortality, with lower testing capacities exacerbating this issue."

   Study: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0309423

   Source: https://archive.md/08TVW

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