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With delta and asymptomatic transmission this wasn’t totally the case iirc. Increased viral load in the asymptomatic phase increased virality, but also increas
by gonehome 5y ago
With delta and asymptomatic transmission this wasn’t totally the case iirc.
Increased viral load in the asymptomatic phase increased virality, but also increased deadliness once the symptoms started. At least that’s what I recall reading. Normally you’re correct, but it doesn’t necessarily need to be that way.
Hopefully we’re lucky and it’s both way more transmissible and way less deadly, but no one knows yet.
- tunesmith 5y agoDelta was more severe than the original strain, but there was some evidence indicating it was slightly less severe than Alpha (and much more transmissible than Alpha).