Is Iceland’s coronavirus testing showing that 50% of cases have no symptoms?

[Steeleballz 7,550]

Several large media outlets have been stating that one of the findings emerging from Iceland’s coronavirus screening of the general population is that around 50% of individuals infected with the virus have no symptoms. The screenings of the general population have been carried out by Reykjavík-based medical research company deCODE genetics, so Iceland Review asked their CEO Dr. Kári Stefánsson to clear up this assertion.

Kári stated the claim is an oversimplification. “Fifty per cent of those that test positive in our screenings of the general population are symptom-free at the time. Many of them get symptoms later,” Kári said.

 

  https://www.icelandreview.com/sci-tech/is-icelands-coronavirus-testing-showing-that-50-of-cases-have-no-symptoms/

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

I don't see what's so shocking in that, since it has an incubation period. If regular testing is done on people in a time of high awareness it wouldn't be surprising that they catch things in that period. 

 

Of course, reading about 50% certainly doesn't make China look any better, it means their numbers are insanely understated. 

[Dashinka 24,493]

I had read about Iceland, I thought they were trying to test the entire island.  I wonder if the 0.9% is close to real for the entire population.  If the US follows at all, this will be 32 million infected and bring the mortality rate closer to 0.02%.  I know that is a stretch, but from what I understand Iceland was the only country conducting mass testing regardless of symptoms.