Re:Covid-19: Do many people have pre-existing immunity?
by dehrmann on Thursday September 17, 2020 @09:41PM
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The answer is probably "we don't know." The closest example I can think of for this is what the immune systems of ISS astronauts look like after 6 months in orbit.
Listening to epidemiologists alone was/is a bad choice because they study the spread of disease. You also to consider long-term effects on the immune system, the economy, education, social structure, politics.
The second-order effects have already been surprising:
- Social unrest in the US
- China restricting freedoms in Hong Kong
- Bifurcated "K" economy
- Covid case surges in countries that "did it right" with hard lockdowns
Listening to epidemiologists alone was/is a bad choice because they study the spread of disease. You also to consider long-term effects on the immune system, the economy, education, social structure, politics.
The second-order effects have already been surprising:
- Social unrest in the US - China restricting freedoms in Hong Kong - Bifurcated "K" economy - Covid case surges in countries that "did it right" with hard lockdowns