Tim Spector MD (Prof) on Twitter: "I think the point of reducing the viral dose is important by using masks and distance. Some evidence current infections are less severe than in spring with less admissions." / Twitter

I think the point of reducing the viral dose is important by using masks and distance. Some evidence current infections are less severe than in spring with less admissions.

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Vincent Rajkumar

@VincentRK

Sep 9, 2020

The other important message was that while completely preventing infection is hard, masks may preventing serious infection by reducing viral dose. And the whole concept of viral dose and severity that @DrSidMukherjee wrote about in mid March in @NewYorker. Even cloth masks help. twitter.com/VincentRK/stat…

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4:49 PM · Sep 9, 2020

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And we are expected to live like this forever?

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Can I ask-if I wear a mask eg to work in hospital but do get COVID (potentially milder b/c reduced viral load) but then pass this onto my husband/children at home. Will their viral load still be high or will it be lower due to my initial lower viral load?! Does that make sense?!?

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