So, let's say I go to Home Depot (my governor isn't quite as fascist as others, so Home Depot is still open). As I gather things for my deck staining project, I walk by numerous people, staying 6 feet away when possible. A few are wearing face covering, most are not. All is well, everyone is courteous, following the guidelines.
Anyway, let's say that someone in the store that I walk past is positive - has COVID-19 (or any other flu or virus, but that's not as relevant here, I don't think). Anyway, that person is breathing, just as I am (I try to continue to breathe, even when asleep). They exhale, a few spores are cast into the air, I inhale, even fewer spores (or cells, or whatever you call them) and so have just a tiny touch of the virus in my nose/throat/lungs.
To me, and this is my theory, inhaling a very small amount of the virus would cause my body to start fighting the virus, building antibodies or whatever defense it needs to combat the virus. And since I would have inhaled such a tiny amount, it isn't enough to cause me to get sick, but maybe enough to build up a resistance.
Is it reasonable to assume that a very small exposure might build up a resistance in people in such a way that if later exposed to a larger amount of the virus, they already have some immunity built up? Isn't that kind of how a vaccine would work?
Just spitballing here - something I was thinking about as I drove home from Home Depot the other day.
And so the state control of your activities is laid bare.
Why would you assume that ANYONE in the Home Depot at the same time as you is COVID positive? What compels you to assume your fellow citizens are the equivalent of Typhoid Mary?
Don’t give into media created fear.
Don’t be a fearper.
I am not a formal scientist or doctor but I do read the internet therefore I know what I am talking about. The concept of “viral load” has been mentioned on the internet lately. So I agree with you 100% - one could say that many get “immunized”, if not formerly vaccinated, to CV by just living normal lives. I would rather have these trace exposures now than have a full viral load 40 years from now in a nursing home.
“since I would have inhaled such a tiny amount, it isn’t enough to cause me to get sick, but maybe enough to build up a resistance.”
I believe that very same thing.
“Isn’t that kind of how a vaccine would work?”
No, because vaccines use inactive viruses. In your Home Depot example your “tiny touch” of virus is active and begins replicating inside your cells and spreading throughout your body.