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I'm still more concerned with death or permanent injury rates then transmission rates. Have we moved the needle in those regards?

• totalZero 6y ago
  It's an error to act as though these things aren't related IMO. Exposure to fewer virus particles means fewer nucleation points for an infection, which in turn means that there must be greater replication to achieve the same viral load. If there's a causal link between viral load (or speed of onset) and severity of presentation, then reducing the amount of virus involved in each transmission will also reduce the severity.
• AstralStorm 6y ago
  Not particularly. The death rates track COVID case counts relatively directly still, in fact it's getting worse now in the USA as local medical services are getting overwhelmed. It's beyond triage in places now, closer to deathwatch. As for injuries, we don't have correct data yet.