Study Sheds Light on COVID 'Supercarriers' on Campus
Study Sheds Light on COVID ‘Supercarriers’ on Campus By Scientists who analyzed viral loads for individuals tested through the University of Colorado at Boulder’s asymptomatic COVID-19 screening program found that “just two percent of infected individuals carry ninety percent of the virions circulating within communities, serving as viral ‘supercarriers’ and likely also superspreaders.” The CU Boulder-based researchers also found that, regardless of symptomatic status, approximately 50 percent of individuals who test positive “seem to be in noninfectious phases of the di...