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Here’s a phrase we need to start familiarizing ourselves with (again, for those of us around long enough): community viral load. There are times when it matters how much asymptomatic virus is around even if not causing disease.
Community viral load refers to the overall level of virus in a community, regardless (and perhaps especially if it doesn’t cause) symptoms. It’s Impt when there are discrete groups of susceptible individuals ESPECIALLY with no symptom infections. Gets away from each case.
Why know the term? Because we have a cohorted group of unvaccinated individuals, there are vulnerable vaccinated, and this particular virus is aggressive clinically and transmission wise. That is to say….
