Submitted by CoveredinCatHairs t3_xu646t in askscience
Rather_Dashing t1_iqv2w56 wrote
Reply to comment by Aarush0110 in Why do symptoms of viral illness come on so suddenly days after exposure? by CoveredinCatHairs
Doesn't sound right, do you have a source? Most early symptoms (especially those OP mentioned) are related to the immune response and the immune response could be triggered before the virus even enters cells, or more likely sometime after when the virus has replicated to high enough levels to trigger a sufficient response. In any case, it certainly should take days for the first viral particle to enter and replicate for the very first time.
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