Re:Pfizer vaccine appears effective against mutation in new ...
by selimthegrim on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:39AM
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Well more the idea that immunity passports bring back memories of really bad old societal sequelae from the yellow fever days
Re:Pfizer vaccine appears effective against mutation in new ...
by iso1210 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @01:14PM
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Yellow fever days? You mean before international travel mostly stopped?
I have to show my yellow piece of paper with the stamp from my jab when I travel to several countries, most recently Nigeria
Re:Pfizer vaccine appears effective against mutation in new ...
by selimthegrim on Saturday January 09, 2021 @02:40PM
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In antebellum New Orleans, people would often try to get infected with yellow fever as soon as they got here to get it over with so if they survived they could claim immunity.
We know that asymptomatic people who are not immune can possibly spread the virus. But that’s a slightly different question.
We know that it’s very rare for someone with antibodies to be symptomatically reinfected with COVID. That’s also a slightly different question.
The specific question on the likelihood of someone with natural immunity to be able to later spread COVID without a symptomatic infection;
I’ve never heard of a single confirmed case of this happening. And the point is not that it never happens, the point is it’s a negligible risk. Smaller than, for example, someone who isn’t immune who is wearing a mask.
But from a public policy perspective, we’ll never actually admit this, just because the second order effects — where some people can rightfully walk around without a mask and are rightfully not subject to mitigations and lockdowns - are political untenable.