The best part tho is how I've accidentally tricked you into admitting you have no idea what viral load has to do with any of this. So much so you've posted a study where you're digging yourself even deeper.
Viral load is just how many viruses you got in your organism, not what they're doing with it.
All you had to do to correct my bait statements about mutations, was telling me that it's the severity of the illness and not the viral load by itself, that increases the chance of mutations, because as you've accurately described, that's the previous step before gene replication, in this case of the virus itself, and that's the part of the process where an error can occur, that can lead to a mutation.
"A study that When they analyzed the data, the researchers found wide variations in viral load within both vaccinated and unvaccinated groups, but not between them. There was no significant difference in viral load between vaccinated and unvaccinated, or between asymptomatic and symptomatic groups.
Vaccines have been shown to be highly effective in preventing severe disease, hospitalization and death from COVID-19. For example, as of mid-September, 41 out of 49 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento were unvaccinated.
Breakthrough infections where vaccinated people do become sick can occur, especially in areas where virus prevalence is high.
Although vaccinated people with a breakthrough infection are much less likely to become severely ill than unvaccinated, the new study shows that they can be carrying similar amounts of virus and could potentially spread the virus to other people. This study did not directly address how easily vaccinated people can get infected with SARS-CoV-2, or how readily someone with a breakthrough infection can transmit the virus.
“Our study does not provide information on infectiousness,” Michelmore said. “Transmission will be influenced by several factors, not just vaccination status and viral load.”
Those factors could include, for example, when they were vaccinated and with what vaccine, the underlying status of their immune system, and the intensity of exposure.
It’s very important to get vaccinated, Michelmore said, because vaccines greatly reduce the risk of severe disease, but you should not assume that because you are vaccinated you cannot get infected or transmit the disease to others. Mask-wearing and regular testing remain important, especially in areas of high prevalence"
