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This interpretation is misleading. There is no significant viral load difference between groups, but only looking at the subset of vaccinated people who actuall
by dangom 5y ago
This interpretation is misleading. There is no significant viral load difference between groups, but only looking at the subset of vaccinated people who actually got infected.
Also, the study also suggests lower viral loads for the symptomatic population - regardless of vaccination, which is counterintuitive; and a higher ratio of vaccinated people developing symptoms (see counts in fig 1.).
Also, the individual variability in viral load within each group is enormous, such that finding a "significant difference" would probably require many more participants than what the study recruited.