The problem with severe COVID, as I understand it, is an immune system that did nothing until it was too late, at which point it overreacts and releases a cytok

The problem with severe COVID, as I understand it, is an immune system that did nothing until it was too late, at which point it overreacts and releases a cytokine storm. The hamster study did not show a big difference in outcome with higher viral load, contrary to what the article suggests.