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Brittainicus t1_j9dt5q3 wrote

Reply to comment by LearningIsTheBest in Is COVID unique in the way it affects different individuals in such different ways? by stupidrobots

The general idea is if you get exposed to a lower viral load, you have less virus particles in your body which gives your immune system more time to find and destroy the virus before it multiplies to the point it can start doing noticeably damage.

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LearningIsTheBest t1_j9du6au wrote

That always made sense to me intuitively. I just didn't want to take intuition as fact. I also haven't seen solid numbers yet. My main concern at this point is long COVID and that seems completely random so far.

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PyrocumulusLightning t1_j9h4sqr wrote

Does this mean if one person contracts COVID from a brief contact but gives it to someone who lives with them and is constantly exposed, the second person is likely to have a more severe case?

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