[SE Mom]

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/06/were-learning-a-lot-about-the-coronavirus-it-will-help-us-assess-risk/

We do know from shedding studies that people can shed in the pre-symptomatic phase,” Van Kerkhove said, adding that while the data are still preliminary “it seems that people shed more in the early phases rather than the late phases of disease.”

If people can infect others before they know they themselves are ill, it makes it much more difficult to break the chains of transmission.

[cgbg]

Correct.

That is why the virus is making monkeys out of world leaders.

[blueplum]

but at what point are they shedding? 2 days before symptoms? 1 day? at what point does the viral load maximize?

[bgill]

There have been a number of studies that suggest Covid-19 patients may shed virus in stool or from their throats for some time after they’ve recovered. That naturally raises concerns about whether they are still infectious. It’s too soon to draw that conclusion.

Too soon, my aunt fanny. They know it does from Ebola, SARS, etc. That may also be the cause of reinfections.