Re:Covid-19 twice as contagious as previously thought – CDC ...
by ed_balls on Thursday April 09, 2020 @11:00AM
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My understanding is that viral load is always a factor for every virus. Laboratories don't use soap and water, because they want to kill 100% of the viral particles, not 99.9%. They work with samples that have extremely high concentration of viral load.
(Source: lecture by prof. Krzysztof Pyrć)
This is the most interesting part of this and should be discussed more. There seems to be a lot of evidence that viral load is a factor. If social distancing and proper hygiene doesn't just lead to less infections but to more mild infections that's a big dea.