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Median incubation period is 5 days.[1]

I'm a little frustrated with public health officials who say we need to wait 14 days between lockdown steps because of the incubation period. 14 days is for quarantine, but you'll have the data you need by 10 days (assuming a lag between the onset of symptoms and testing) at the latest.

1: https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/journal-scans/2020/...




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