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Re:Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' vi... by tptacek on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @04:37PM (#23023955)
That the flu is a reasonable baseline was obvious enough that I included it in the comment you responded to. The comparison is not reassuring. And the notion that "every individual that gains immunity reduces transmission rate" is exactly what "herd immunity" captures.
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Re:Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' vi... by standardUser on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:41PM (#23025416)
Herd immunity occurs when enough members of a population are immune to make sustained transmission impossible. But the transmission rate declines with every immune member of a population, far before herd immunity occurs. Same logic, but a different phenomenon, and one most people seem to overlook.
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Re:Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' vi... by anoncareer0212 on Thursday April 30, 2020 @12:55AM (#23027569)
You're trying to bring galactic brain thought to a rather mundane, simple, calculation. (Fine, 1993) Please don't try to be a contrarian when out of your field, you end up making 'not even wrong' statements
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