The Washington Post."A high rate of asymptomatic infection is a good thing. It is a good thing for the individual and a good thing for society," Gandhi said.According to the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention last month, 40% of people infected with the virus are asymptomatic.When coronavirus first surfaced in December last year, health authorities labelled it a "novel" virus as it was the first time it was seen in humans who presumably had no immunity from the infection.