$ cat imported.py
a: int = 'foo'
b: int = 3 # type: ignore
$ cat main.py
import imported
$ mypy --warn-unused-ignores --follow-imports=silent main.py
imported.py:3: note: unused 'type: ignore' comment
follow-imports=silent correctly silences the type error on line 1 of imported.py, but fails to silence the "unused type: ignore comment" note.