Direct evidence for T-cell immunity as a factor behind Covid-19 heterogeneity

Re:Direct evidence for T-cell immunity as a factor behind Co... by PakG1 on Friday August 07, 2020 @03:50AM (#24079423)

The mortality rate may be low over the long run. But certainly over the short run, it was very very high. It is not a normal thing for city morgues to run out of room such that they need to truck in refrigeration units to hold dead bodies. This has happened in multiple American cities. That cannot be called a low rate by any stretch of the imagination, unless taking an average over a very long length of time.

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Re:Direct evidence for T-cell immunity as a factor behind Co... by iateanapple on Friday August 07, 2020 @06:11AM (#24080307)

> But certainly over the short run, it was very very high

Was it very very high in the <65 not obese, not diabetic group?

We know it is dangerous to the old and some cities did a horrendous job of looking after their elderly.

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Re:Direct evidence for T-cell immunity as a factor behind Co... by anoncake on Friday August 07, 2020 @04:22AM (#24079638)

Where "a very long length of time" = "more than a couple of weeks"?

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Re:Direct evidence for T-cell immunity as a factor behind Co... by henrikschroder on Friday August 07, 2020 @05:01AM (#24079880)

> But certainly over the short run, it was very very high.

So what? If you're alive now, if you survived the initial wave of the virus, the risk to you, now, of getting the virus is much less than it was back in March.

And if you're trying to figure out if the risk of the vaccine is worth it to you later this year, you have to weigh it against the risk of dying from covid-19 at that point in time, not what the risk of dying from it was back in March.

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