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Tommy_Carcetti

(44,133 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2020, 12:46 PM Mar 2020

Dumb question: The asymptomatic carriers for Coronavirus. [View all]

Why is this?

Is it a matter of certain people having a stronger immune system to stave off the virus that's entered their system?

Or is it a matter of the virus only activating in certain instances and not in others?

Would like a brief explanation from someone more versed in knowledge than myself.

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Dumb question: The asymptomatic carriers for Coronavirus. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2020 OP

Some people are immune to the flu CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #1

If you are immune, are you just immune to the symptoms? Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2020 #2

If you are immune it means if exposed, you do not contract it CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #7

Some people can be carriers of virus or bacteria but not develop sympoms. LisaL Mar 2020 #3

Back in the day, they had on the news people who were immune to the AIDs virus BComplex Mar 2020 #8

Magic Johnson as a example Coleman Mar 2020 #9

Could be that the initial viral exposure was low unblock Mar 2020 #4

Even more perplexing since they've determined the viral load is like 5x greater in asymptomatics. Native Mar 2020 #5

They don't know yet. Simple answer. uppityperson Mar 2020 #6

It is a mystery intrepidity Mar 2020 #10