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Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the load of the virus that you get hit with when you get infected has a direct impact on it's severity. So any age group can be affected very badly by it. Thats why health workers are so at risk and why several who are young and healthy have died

Going to an enclosed space with loads of people is asking for trouble as the concentration of virus will be much higher than in an open air space

I think its right that people are concerned at least a little, because that's how they will help protect themselves and others, but other than that, there is nothing to be gained from over anxiety

I was just looking for an article on this I saw last night about the initial viral load.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/h...-a9451101.html

I'm still a bit confused by how that impacts on passing the virus person to person...Does the initial viral load mean that the person that infects you has to be at a certain stage in their infection and the viral load is so high that there is a much reduced chance of you being able to fight it off?

Or, that it's the overall amount of the virus you are exposed to, as in many different people at varying states of infection?