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Re:The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is l... by bigtechdataeng on Saturday May 09, 2020 @03:01PM (#23127434)
- Bayesian interpretation would use what we do know about viruses in general, coronavirus specifically, anD sars/Mers as the prior.

Has anyone here done the research that we can use as a reasonable prior? My assumption was those diseases all produce long lasting antibodies.

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Re:The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is l... by claudeganon on Saturday May 09, 2020 @03:04PM (#23127455)
An initial review of immunity/reinfections with coronaviruses suggests we shouldn’t be optimistic about the duration of immunity:

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/27/1000569/how-long...

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