# Vaccine: you'll get COVID but no symptoms?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [December 13, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-youll-get-covid-but-no-symptoms/927962 "2020-12-13T20:35:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-youll-get-covid-but-no-symptoms/927962/28 "2020-12-15T23:46:36Z")

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> [@Melbourne](#):
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> One of the important take-aways from that review is that viral shedding can not be used as a measure of infectiousness.

I should specify. Shedding active virus.

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