Study finds people have short-lived immunity to seasonal coronaviruses

Re:Study finds people have short-lived immunity to seasonal ... by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @12:17PM (#24629677)

Just FYI Influenza is not a coronavirus. They can both be grouped (along with many other diseases) under the term ARI (Airborne Respitory Infection).

It's so important to be precise and specific when taking about Covid19; it's not flu.

The 1919 pandemic didn't just "disappear" it killed many of its hosts, and people used social distancing, additional hygiene measures, and mask wearing to help reduce the infection rates. AIUI it was more rapid in producing symptoms and more deadly - leading to less infections and perhaps less deaths than a Covid19-like virus might (at that point in history).

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Re:Study finds people have short-lived immunity to seasonal ... by tzs on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @01:53PM (#24630876)

Also travel outside your town (or even your part of town) was a lot less frequent then. People lived a lot closer to where they worked and shopped and socialized.

Cars were around, but nearly as common as they are now. In 1919 there were 72.5 cars per 1000 people in the US. It was 838 in 2018.

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