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Then don't extrapolate viral load to transmissibility like you did in your original comment. Stick to refuting the specific claims that you actually have eviden
by shkkmo 5y ago
Then don't extrapolate viral load to transmissibility like you did in your original comment. Stick to refuting the specific claims that you actually have evidence to address.
If you don't understand my summary of the first point, then read the source the article cited for the claim that delta is 60% more transmissible:
https://khub.net/documents/135939561/405676950/Increased+Household+Transmission+of+COVID-19+Cases+-+national+case+study.pdf/7f7764fb-ecb0-da31-77b3-b1a8ef7be9aa https://khub.net/documents/135939561/405676950/Increased+Hou...
- raphlinus 5y agoThanks for that citation. It is indeed among the strongest evidence for increased transmission. My point is that it is observational rather than biological evidence, which is not the same, and when you do observational studies, there can be many confounders.