Re:Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV2 found at 6 months in non-h...
by mikem170 on Monday November 02, 2020 @03:34PM
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>IANAD, immunity is complicated, and long term immunity after having recovered from CoVID-19 infection is not likely
Replicated studies have already found that prior exposure to other coronavirus infections (common cold, animal viruses) leaves behind t-cells that are activates for covid-19, as long as 17 years. And that a large percentage of the population has these t-cells. [0]
Does this change your opinion on herd immunity?
Re:Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV2 found at 6 months in non-h...
by makach on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @01:01AM
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Thanks for sharing! All science affects my opinion. For me, not knowing, makes me have a pessimistic attitude. Lesson learnt is to keep this to myself.
Re:Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV2 found at 6 months in non-h...
by mikem170 on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:07PM
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Ditto! I feel the same - I'm more comfortable with facts and stats.
It's a shame that the news emphasizes pessimistic headlines and anecdotes over science.
Re:Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV2 found at 6 months in non-h...
by anoncake on Monday November 02, 2020 @09:28AM
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The article says people are immune for at least six months, not at most.
Re:Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV2 found at 6 months in non-h...
by acqq on Monday November 02, 2020 @09:43AM
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The article certainly doesn’t say anything about “people” at all. It demonstrates immune response in the serum, but not at all the effect of the said response, especially not if any person is actually “immune.”
This is bad news because it means that herd-immunity is not naturally achivable. It means you most get a vaccine at regular intervals to be protected against this strain of the virus.
It also means that lockdown is best strategy to reduce strain on health services until vaccine is ready and freely distributed to all.