People become more contagious as there are more viral particles in their system. Vaccination inhibits replication (but less than 100%), so you would expect a vaccinated person to have a lower viral load after exposure than an unvaccinated person. They might also have more symptoms, because some symptoms are immune responses and the whole point of vaccination is to give you a stronger response at an earlier viral load.
Vaccination inhibits replication (but less than 100%),
But not automatically everywhere in the body. To inhibit replication in the upper respiratory system you need mucosal immunity.
RaDVaC could potentially provide that but the approved vaccines don’t. The approved vaccines only give you a response once the virus attacks deeper parts then your upper respiratory system.
I may have experienced this last week, after having a mild sub-detectable exposure. It felt a lot like after shots 2, 3 and 4. But I still haven’t tested positive.
There is no one vaccinated person. Getting a load high enough to trigger a positive test is less likely but still possible post-vaccination. The interaction with symptoms is weird because symptoms are caused by both viral load and immune response.
This lends credence to my theory about last week’s exposure. Six negative rapid antigen tests and two negative PCR tests over the course of the seven days following the possible exposure, but I felt like hell about three days after.
People become more contagious as there are more viral particles in their system. Vaccination inhibits replication (but less than 100%), so you would expect a vaccinated person to have a lower viral load after exposure than an unvaccinated person. They might also have more symptoms, because some symptoms are immune responses and the whole point of vaccination is to give you a stronger response at an earlier viral load.
But not automatically everywhere in the body. To inhibit replication in the upper respiratory system you need mucosal immunity.
RaDVaC could potentially provide that but the approved vaccines don’t. The approved vaccines only give you a response once the virus attacks deeper parts then your upper respiratory system.
I may have experienced this last week, after having a mild sub-detectable exposure. It felt a lot like after shots 2, 3 and 4. But I still haven’t tested positive.
Is the vaccinated person’s lower viral load enough to trigger a positive test, especially for those with symptoms?
If it is, shouldn’t we be thinking of “reinfections” as those cases of serious disease, rather than simply positive tests?
There is no one vaccinated person. Getting a load high enough to trigger a positive test is less likely but still possible post-vaccination. The interaction with symptoms is weird because symptoms are caused by both viral load and immune response.
This lends credence to my theory about last week’s exposure. Six negative rapid antigen tests and two negative PCR tests over the course of the seven days following the possible exposure, but I felt like hell about three days after.