Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV2 found at 6 months in non-hospitalised individuals

Re:Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV2 found at 6 months in non-h... by mikem170 on Monday November 02, 2020 @03:34PM (#24972916)

>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?

[0] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2598-9

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Re:Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV2 found at 6 months in non-h... by makach on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @01:01AM (#24976814)

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.

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Re:Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV2 found at 6 months in non-h... by mikem170 on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:07PM (#25037633)

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.

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