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Help me understand how a virus can replicate without being detected but can also increase its lethality.
We already have an asymptomatic and infectious incubation period. If that kept stretching longer then you are delaying the lytic cycle even longer? Or does propogation and ultimately viral load also happen as a slower burn? Eventually you will have damaged too many cells.
Antigen binding?
Your statement on future infections by a distinct antigen than you were immunized for is objectively true. A vaccine is not a panacea for all viruses.
If I prepare my home for a flood then I shouldn't expect an earthquake to be stopped.
If we are making the case that a surface protein is too targetted then I would point towards the seasonality of the flu.
.4% lethal compared to .3% lethal when I last checked.
So thats one goalpost. Another litmus test is that if delta was more lethal it would have been a very popular media talking point. Fear is unfortunately a successful motivator for clicks.
Can I ask for some related literature on this topic? This contradicts my understanding.
Yes you should get vaccinated even if you tested positive because false positive tests can occur.
There is no verifiable record of anyone having been sick with covid in the same way that there is for vaccination.
"Immune system robustness" is not something quantifiable or comparable in human populations to my knowledge. We can identify immune system weaknesses or compromise but I do not know of a metric to rank individuals relative to each other.
Perhaps my understanding here is too cursory but this claim is pretty extraordinary for what I know.