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"There’s a lot that we don’t know, but we’re trying to get that information and see if it can inform policy as we move ahead," Lauzardo said.
"The most important question we're trying to determine is how any people have the virus but are showing no symptoms at all," Dr. Michael Lauzardo, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida said.
“It’s probably going to just continue to rise exponentially for a couple of weeks,” said Ira Longini, co-director of the Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases at the Emerging Pathogens Institute of the University of Florida.
“You need to assume that you’re carrying the virus, and you need to assume everybody else is carrying the virus," Hudak said.
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The information can signal the presence of infection among students, almost a week before there are diagnosed cases.
“Travel restrictions delay, but do not stop the spread of the virus,” said Ira Longini, a member of the UF Emerging Pathogens Institute.
John Lednicky's past decades of inquiry into coronaviruses have positioned him as one of UF’s go-to experts on the coronavirus.
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Cindy Prins, a clinical associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Florida's College of PHHP, weighs in on the benefits of wearing a face mask during COVID-19.