I have a lot of uncertainty when hearing the 5% runny nose figure from data. Things like: 1) how did they define runny nose, maybe their cut off is much more stringent? If the paper defines this, it isn’t getting passed along. 2) It’s possible that different strains/mutations of coronavirus elicit different symptoms? I don’t know enough to judge how likely that is. Same for whether different populations might present differently. 3) Allergies might cause runny nose independently of COVID-19.
Some additional thoughts:
I have a lot of uncertainty when hearing the 5% runny nose figure from data. Things like:
1) how did they define runny nose, maybe their cut off is much more stringent? If the paper defines this, it isn’t getting passed along.
2) It’s possible that different strains/mutations of coronavirus elicit different symptoms? I don’t know enough to judge how likely that is. Same for whether different populations might present differently.
3) Allergies might cause runny nose independently of COVID-19.
You’re right, I changed it.