Lyme disease bacteria eradicated by new drug in early tests

Re:Lyme disease bacteria eradicated by new drug in early tests by bregma on Friday April 03, 2020 @09:12AM (#22768816)

> Laboratory tests find that improvised cloth masks block 60 – 80% of virus particles

How many virus particles do you need to become infected? Is 20% of the load in a typical aerosol droplet from an asymptomatic infected person above or below that critical number?

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Re:Lyme disease bacteria eradicated by new drug in early tests by wetpaws on Friday April 03, 2020 @12:09PM (#22770701)

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3...

>higher viral loads associated with severe clinical outcomes

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Re:Lyme disease bacteria eradicated by new drug in early tests by sudosysgen on Friday April 03, 2020 @07:33PM (#22774936)

It's a numbers game. There is a certain probability that each virion can spur and infection, so the less you get the better. If virions had a 100% infection chance then sure, but it's much lower than that.

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