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by error_logic 659 days ago
Nuance: They're still getting exposed and thus gaining immunity with the environmental filtering, just not so much viral load as to be out of school [as often].

It's a win-win from that perspective and dismissing that serves no one in the end.

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This tiny but significant factor is also why masks, even surgical masks, are so helpful. They don't need to prevent 100% transmission, just reduce the viral load received or passed on.