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Re:Scientists create antibody that defeats coronavirus in lab by mullingitover on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:47PM (#23075875)
> If you're young, strong, and healthy, your chances of dying from this are basically zero in any common sense way

There are zero longitudinal studies about the long-term effects of infection. For all we know, young healthy people could appear to beat the virus, only for it to hide out and plague you with severe health problems down the road. We could have an massive epidemic of a neurodegenerative disease caused by Covid-19 twenty years from now.

I have no desire to roll the dice on that even if the odds look good for me at the moment.

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Re:Scientists create antibody that defeats coronavirus in lab by steveeq1 on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:55PM (#23075938)
Oh come on, you can say that for any flu epidemic.
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Re:Scientists create antibody that defeats coronavirus in lab by mullingitover on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:05PM (#23076010)
Yes you can[1], which is exactly why you don't really want to roll the dice even if you appear okay after the initial infection.

[1] https://epmonthly.com/article/neuropsych-complications-flu-v...

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Re:Scientists create antibody that defeats coronavirus in lab by steveeq1 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @12:34AM (#23076529)
But you "roll the dice" with every flu epidemic.
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Re:Scientists create antibody that defeats coronavirus in lab by throwphoton on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:01AM (#23076686)
The flu doesn't generally involve rolling the dice so quickly that morgues run out of space.
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Re:Scientists create antibody that defeats coronavirus in lab by steveeq1 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:28AM (#23076815)
"Man shot 9 times die of corona virus." I question how these numbers are calculated sometimes.
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Re:Scientists create antibody that defeats coronavirus in lab by ashtonkem on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @10:47AM (#23080573)
That sounds like you’re starting to talk about a conspiracy theory.
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Re:Scientists create antibody that defeats coronavirus in lab by steveeq1 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @11:58AM (#23081444)
The "conspiracy" theory is the news often exaggerates or gives misinformation on a particular subject to fulfill a particular agenda or make more money on ads.

This is hardly a conspiracy theory.

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Re:Scientists create antibody that defeats coronavirus in lab by mullingitover on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @06:31PM (#23085900)
The media isn't the only group with an agenda[1].

[1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/coron...

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