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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by TheSpiceIsLife on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @11:56PM (#22420397)
Does anyone know if ya can catch this thing twice?

Or are we expecting it to mutate similar to cold n flu viruse?

Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by roywiggins on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:10AM (#22420454)
Seems like yes, but not because it mutates, it's just that the immune response can be weak. Probably more of a risk for people with weak immune systems to start with.

Everything I've read suggests that Coronaviruses are more stable, genetically speaking, than the flu.

https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/its-possible-...

Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by DoingIsLearning on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @01:46AM (#22420917)
> Coronaviruses are more stable, genetically speaking, than the flu.

By more stable you mean less likely to mutate?

Would that mean a vaccine would be more effective in protecting against covid19 than a regular seasonaly changing flu?

Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by roywiggins on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:29PM (#22425132)
As far as I can tell, yes:

> Coronavirus non-structural proteins provide extra fidelity to replication, because they confer a proofreading function, which is lacking in RNA-dependent RNA polymerase enzymes alone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus#Replication

Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by flukus on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:07AM (#22420444)
AFAIK that's still to be determined due to the number of false positives/true negatives with the testing. Same with the incubation period.

Edit - on the more worrying side of things this article (https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/14-of-recovered-...) was released today saying 14% of recovered patients Guangdong tested positive for the the virus. One of the more annoying things during this is that I have no idea which sources are awful tabloids and which are trustworthy like I do in the anglosphere.

Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by nicolas_t on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @02:02AM (#22420976)
Straits time is reliable. It's very close to the government and a bit of a mouthpiece of it but it's not a tabloid.
Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by pengaru on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:05AM (#22420434)
I read in a news article that people were catching it again after recovering, IIRC it was in reference to medical professionals working in China.
Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by dharma1 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @01:48AM (#22420923)
It seems it's possible to catch over and over, the body stops producing antibodies fairly shortly after infection has been fought off.

There isn't data about mutation yet.

Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by numpad0 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:06AM (#22420441)
No solid data on that. Everything’s rumor at this point in that front.