Viral load and risk of COVID-19

In any outbreak of a new disease, information emerges slowly and rumors are rife. Knowledge and understanding of how to avoid the infection and also what treatments may work against it become apparent slowly over time. Often though it is helpful to look at how similar diseases behave.

COVID-19 is a disease caused by SARS-COV-2 virus. A great deal has been written about COVID-19 but one area that hasn’t been discussed much in the popular media is the idea of viral load.This is the concept that suggests the amount or actual number of virus particles that invade a body have an impact of how badly a person will suffer from the disease.