A new study reveals the average time it takes between infection and symptoms for recent COVID variants — and it's pretty fast.
symptomatic faster, you have more of the virus circulating in your system. This makes you more likely to spread the sickness to someone else.oughing and sneezing, accelerate the ability of the virus to move from person to person,” he said.
So, say for example you had dinner with a friend on Saturday who informs you on Sunday that they just tested positive for COVID and you may have been exposed at dinner. If you were infected, chances are your symptoms will appear pretty fast, like by Tuesday or Wednesday. COVID is now hyper-contagious and has “developed the capacity to infect the upper airway more than the lower airway,” which makes it that much more transmissible, too. If a virus is in your upper airway it’ll have an easier time spreading through the respiratory route when compared to a virus that is in your lower airway .
“The one thing people can continue to do is make sure they are up to date with their vaccinations,” Souleles said.
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