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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by easytiger on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:23AM (#22602848)
> This doesn't add up either -- immunity per individual is expected to last 'only a few months',

There is no evidence either way. Even if it is transient it will be enough for it to die down

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by Jedd on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:30AM (#22602883)
There's some very strong indicators that immunity will be ephemeral.

It's possible the R naught will drop below the currently assessed 2.2 over time, but there's no evidence for that -- and if both these things stay as expected, it won't be transient enough to 'die down' naturally.

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by easytiger on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:36AM (#22602916)
Unfortunately until we get an antigen test, we will not know for sure. But there is no reason to believe at this point that it isn't anything other than a standard immune response.

It would extremely rare that it wasn't

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