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To put a finer point on that, there is a difference between infection and disease. You are infected with the sars-cov-2 virus. Which can cause you to contract t
by jjeaff 5y ago
To put a finer point on that, there is a difference between infection and disease. You are infected with the sars-cov-2 virus. Which can cause you to contract the disease (covid) if the viral infection gets out of hand.
Getting vaccinated gives your body a headstart in fighting off the virus so that it doesn't become covid. Since you have to become infected before your antibodies go to work, it doesn't totally prevent infection. But it likely keeps the virus tamped down so much so that you are much less likely to spread it. If the virus never really gets to take off, you won't be spreading it to others.
- nate_meurer 5y ago> If the virus never really gets to take off, you won't be spreading it to others. That might be true for some virii, but unfortunately not for sars-cov2. It became clear early on that asymptomatic and low-symptom infected people can spread the virus. And there's evidence that vaccinated people-- who can still be infected, but are less likely to fall ill-- can spread it as well.
- jjeaff 5y agoAsymptomatic means asymptomatic. It doesn't mean low viral load. Asymptomatic people just aren't reacting poorly to having the virus in their system. And there is evidence vaccinated people can spread it, there is also evidence indicating that you are 80% less likely to spread it.