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Aerroon
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The experiment that proved airborne disease transm...
I'm actually curious: how many 'virus particles' does a person need to be exposed to on average to contract the virus?
Jabbles
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The keyword you may be interested in is "viral load", and AFAIK we do not have much data on this, as it's extremely difficult to measure.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/why-viral-loa...
Symmetry
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Challenge trials in animal models suggest somewhere in the 100-1000 range. Lower initial does also seem to lead to less severe courses of disease.
jstanley
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Surely only 1 is enough, otherwise how does the first one spread in the first place?
rightbyte
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There should be some culminative chance distribution that starts at 1 virus ye.
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