No, variable effects like that are not unique to Covid. The individual's specific biological situation, how they contracted the virus, and luck of the draw cause each infection to be somewhat idiosyncratic in most viruses. /u/redligand already has some good examples. I'll throw in Polio, which is known for its devastating paralytic effects but was also asymptomatic in 70% of children that contracted it. source
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Reply to Is COVID unique in the way it affects different individuals in such different ways? by stupidrobots
No, variable effects like that are not unique to Covid. The individual's specific biological situation, how they contracted the virus, and luck of the draw cause each infection to be somewhat idiosyncratic in most viruses. /u/redligand already has some good examples. I'll throw in Polio, which is known for its devastating paralytic effects but was also asymptomatic in 70% of children that contracted it. source