“...wide variations in viral load within both vaccinated and unvaccinated groups, but not between them”.
Interesting. Leads me to believe that Covid causes significantly different immune response between individuals than the average flu.
Anyway, he was not vaccinated because his 68 yr old brother died with COVID symptoms in February within 10 days of taking the jab. He also, got sick, then got better,, then crashed and ended up on a vent and induced comma. The progression of the disease for both is very similar and I fear my friend will also pass soon.
This leads me to believe that certain folks are more genetically predisposed or perhaps targeted to experience severe and fatal COVID infections.
This belief is reinforced by what I experienced over a year ago in June when COVID deaths were high. I have some Indian American acquaintances in the Dakotas who each lost mote than one family member to COVID in the spring and summer of 2020.