Japanese man tests positive for coronavirus again

Re:Japanese man tests positive for coronavirus again by scotty79 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:50PM (#22610261)

Maybe it's sort of survivor bias. Maybe antivirals don't weaken immunity but people who survived thanks to antivirals have innately such a weak immune response that they wouldn't have survived without them.

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Re:Japanese man tests positive for coronavirus again by rv-de on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @05:46PM (#22610820)

Huh? Antivirals just eliminate the virus before the immune system gets a chance to step in and build up immunity. How about that?

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Re:Japanese man tests positive for coronavirus again by scotty79 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:53PM (#22611486)

I don't think that's true. I don't think they give antivirals to people before they have fever.

And fever is one of the results of immune system working.

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Re:Japanese man tests positive for coronavirus again by rv-de on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @08:26PM (#22612290)

Sure, but the body still isn't done building up immunity.

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Re:Japanese man tests positive for coronavirus again by scotty79 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @08:37PM (#22612364)

Miniscule amount of pathogen in the vaccine can give you full immunity. I think when you have fever your immune system was already exposed to enough of the virus to build full immunity for the future. Now it's just the case of whether you survive to enjoy your future immunity. And anti-virals just help you with that part.

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Re:Japanese man tests positive for coronavirus again by rv-de on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @09:01PM (#22612510)

Okay, I'm not a doctor, so maybe you're right. It just doesn't seem plausible. Though, that doesn't mean much.

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