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If it's a mild infection, by definition, the immune system has squashed it. If it didn't, the virus would take hold; it's not a latent viral infection like herp

• smaddox 6y ago
  The evidence does not support this viewpoint. Also, things are complicated by the evidence that the worst symptoms are caused by cytokine storm, i.e. an auto-immune response.
  • kl4m 6y ago
    Which evidence? Are you referring to the "lag" in immune response in the initial stage of infection?
    • smaddox 6y ago
      Perhaps I should have said there is no evidence that I am aware of that supports that viewpoint. Instead, there is evidence that asymptomatic people can transmit the virus. No symptoms does not mean no virus.
      • kl4m 6y ago
        Asymptomatic does not mean permanently infected
• ping_pong 6y ago
  There are plenty of cases that start with mild symptoms, and then progress to severe/critical after about a week. Boris Johnson is a perfect example of this. Please don't spread misinformation.
• pbhjpbhj 6y ago
  I've had coughs that have lasted a month or more - including at the start of lockdown [#] (caught from my son, I think, who was coughing for 8 weeks or more). I've always assumed that this is because a virus can be kept at low levels, but can "hide" in the body not coming across antibodies that will harm it, but not spreading enough to create a heightened immune response?? Kinda like when you don't take a full course of antibiotics, the latent infection grows again to problem levels. You indicate this is wrong thinking (not a suprise as it's just a null hypothesis from someone without biology training): so what is going on when you have a cough/blocked nose for weeks on end? {# I'm very curious to find if the virus I had was Covid19; it sent me to bed with mild flu-like symptoms, gave a tight chest, had me occasionally [not persistently] coughing for weeks. No noticeable anosmia. Very little phlegm; no snot (nasal/sinus mucus).}