News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on San Francisco emerged from a lockdown too soon during the 1918 Spanish flu. Parent comment

Re:San Francisco emerged from a lockdown too soon during the... by bluejekyll on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:57AM (#22978136)
> The best gift my age group can give is build herd immunity.

Careful with that. There have been a number of deaths in younger age groups, statistically not as significant as those in older and at risk groups, but the risk is there.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:San Francisco emerged from a lockdown too soon during the... by TomMarius on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:16AM (#22978242)
Also reports of damage in nervous system, permanent lung damage, etc.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:San Francisco emerged from a lockdown too soon during the... by tinus_hn on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:17AM (#22978249)
Statistically not as significant? Or statistically not significant?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:San Francisco emerged from a lockdown too soon during the... by bluejekyll on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:33AM (#22978382)
Thanks, I updated my comment to be a little more clear that it is statistically not as significant. Didn’t realize that was ambiguous at first.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:San Francisco emerged from a lockdown too soon during the... by greedo on Saturday April 25, 2020 @12:22PM (#22979182)
There's no current evidence that those who have been previously infected are immune.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:San Francisco emerged from a lockdown too soon during the... by mardifoufs on Saturday April 25, 2020 @03:48PM (#22980828)
If that was true, vaccines would be useless and lockdowns would be futile. There is no reason to believe this virus us somehow different from every other viruswe have ever seen and magically cannot be immunized against.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:San Francisco emerged from a lockdown too soon during the... by greedo on Sunday April 26, 2020 @12:51AM (#22984540)
There are hundreds, if not thousands of viruses we can't be immunized against. They either mutate too quickly, rendering any antibodies we develop moot, or they kill us too quickly. We don't have a great track record in developing vaccines for viruses either.
[ Parent | on HN ]