Coronavirus: ‘Viral load’ with may dictate severity of symptoms

As well as reducing the risk of coronavirus spreading social distancing could make people’s symptoms milder if they do get the illness, scientists say. It can do this by reducing a patient’s viral load – the number of particles of the virus they are first infected with. Having a high viral load gives an infection … Read more

Coronavirus: ‘Viral load’ with may dictate severity of symptoms

As well as reducing the risk of coronavirus spreading social distancing could make people’s symptoms milder if they do get the illness, scientists say. It can do this by reducing a patient’s viral load – the number of particles of the virus they are first infected with. Having a high viral load gives an infection … Read more