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Originally Posted by dirk digler
I know it is probably a dumb question\thought. But is it possible to see how much virus a covid infected person can shed? I realize this might be a human challenge trial of some sort but seems like this might not be a bad idea if it is possible that is.
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They did it with flu vaccines.
In this study,
researchers found a 6x increase in fine aerosols (the ones that actually carry infectious virus) of people who were vaccinated, but still caught flu, relative to unvaxed flu pts
Infectious virus in exhaled breath of symptomatic
seasonal influenza cases from a college communityJing Yana,b, Michael Granthama,1, Jovan Pantelica,2, P. Jacob Bueno de Mesquitaa, Barbara Alberta, Fengjie Liua,3,
Sheryl Ehrmanb,4, Donald K. Miltona,5, and EMIT Consortium6
https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/11...zNAfijcnBszQg6