Not sure about the exact answer but wanted to note: > Doesn't the length of time you are symptomatic... affect how likely you are to transmit the virus to othe

Not sure about the exact answer but wanted to note: > Doesn't the length of time you are symptomatic... affect how likely you are to transmit the virus to others? Infected people transmit the virus for a number of days prior to when they first (or ever) show systems. Edit: following up, I found a recent study[1] that used a pretty extensive contact tracing effort to find > Most transmission events occurred during the pre-symptomatic phase (59.2%). SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility to infection increases with age, while transmissibility is not significantly different between age groups and between symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals. Your likelihood to become infected does depend on your age, but once you are infected your likelihood to transmit the virus is the same as everyone else's. 1. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21710-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21710-6