W2R
Moderator Emeritus
OK, I have been curious about how long it would take after exposure to the coronavirus, before someone could get sick.
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Now, for the common cold, which can be caused by numerous different viruses, we have this information:
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The best similar info I could find for the novel coronavirus, just one particular virus, was this:
https://www.healthline.com/health/coronavirus-incubation-period#incubation-period
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And then, of course, there is the claim that lots of people have COVID-19 and are asymptomatic; I wonder if that is the case for the common cold as well? And yet we have a much more exact incubation period for the common cold. Why is COVID-19 so much more difficult to study and find even the most basic data on, than the common cold which can be caused by numerous viruses?
Maybe there is a need to get a better handle on this at some point. It seems like nearly any other information about this virus that we look for is equally vague and non-specific, which I guess is understandable since there hasn't been time for many studies to be completed.
OK, sorry if this is a bit of a vent but as a certified Grouchy Old F*rt it bothers me. I am really trying not to blame this on newer generations of scientists. Surely they know how to do scientific studies just as well as past generations of scientists did, right? But I am borderline skeptical when asked to believe that this type of information about only one particular virus is just utterly impossible to pin down any closer than this.
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Now, for the common cold, which can be caused by numerous different viruses, we have this information:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/common-cold/symptoms-causes/syc-20351605Symptoms of a common cold usually appear one to three days after exposure to a cold-causing virus.
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The best similar info I could find for the novel coronavirus, just one particular virus, was this:
An incubation period is the time between when you contract a virus and when your symptoms start.
Currently, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Trusted Source, the incubation period for the novel coronavirus is somewhere between 2 to 14 days after exposure.
https://www.healthline.com/health/coronavirus-incubation-period#incubation-period
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And then, of course, there is the claim that lots of people have COVID-19 and are asymptomatic; I wonder if that is the case for the common cold as well? And yet we have a much more exact incubation period for the common cold. Why is COVID-19 so much more difficult to study and find even the most basic data on, than the common cold which can be caused by numerous viruses?
Maybe there is a need to get a better handle on this at some point. It seems like nearly any other information about this virus that we look for is equally vague and non-specific, which I guess is understandable since there hasn't been time for many studies to be completed.
OK, sorry if this is a bit of a vent but as a certified Grouchy Old F*rt it bothers me. I am really trying not to blame this on newer generations of scientists. Surely they know how to do scientific studies just as well as past generations of scientists did, right? But I am borderline skeptical when asked to believe that this type of information about only one particular virus is just utterly impossible to pin down any closer than this.