Chinese state media predicts that the U.S. political system as we know it is about to collapse, in a grim assessment of this week’s election.

The majority of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 appear to actively shed infectious virus for about 8 days, but there is a wide range of variability from person to person. Understanding how long people can remain actively infected is important, because it provides new details about a disease and a virus that are still not well understood and informs public health decisions.