Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime

Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by nednar on Friday May 28, 2021 @10:20AM (#27315609)

If recovered people have longer term protection than vaccinated people (which is one possible interpretation of the headline's statement), would it make sense to first vaccinate someone and then expose them to the real virus, thereby generating the benefits with a much much lower risk or maybe even zero risk?

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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by gurleen_s on Friday May 28, 2021 @10:28AM (#27315712)

I don’t know anything about how effective that might be, but I imagine the logistics of transporting a live, deadly virus would be a nightmare.

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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by nednar on Friday May 28, 2021 @11:47AM (#27316834)

In many locations you have hospitals close by with covid stations. So you could bring the people to the virus.

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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by gls2ro on Saturday May 29, 2021 @02:55PM (#27327412)

Wouldnt this just create the environment for a more resistant virus in a shorter period of time?

I did not calculated the chances yet but here is what my probability intuition is saying

Having 50% of population go through virus in one year creates a less fit environment for a more resistant mutation than having 50% of population being exposed to virus in 2-3 months.

Like more encounters over a shorter period of time is a good environment to allow survival of resistant mutations.

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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by insaneirish on Friday May 28, 2021 @11:58PM (#27322922)

And that would work how, exactly?

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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by nednar on Saturday May 29, 2021 @03:08AM (#27323571)

For me, this would be a point where I would fully rely on the experts for deciding how to implement that step and check if the plan is feasible. I don't recommend executing such ideas without syncing with authorities and experts.

That shouldn't stop us from brain storming, though, and allow experts to decide, if it's an interesting idea or stupid.

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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by sebmellen on Saturday May 29, 2021 @01:20AM (#27323226)

Walk the people through the respiratory ICU ward without PPE? Not endorsing it, just brainstorming...

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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by blhack on Friday May 28, 2021 @08:55PM (#27322207)

That will probably happen naturally. People tend to alter their behavior a lot after getting vaccinated.

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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by singhrac on Saturday May 29, 2021 @01:35AM (#27323282)

I mean this seems like a great way to create vaccine resistant variants... but it's inevitable I guess.

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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by garmaine on Saturday May 29, 2021 @08:58AM (#27324951)

Why? Make the patient catch Covid… so that they don’t later catch Covid?

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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by nednar on Saturday May 29, 2021 @11:19AM (#27325796)

Well, if vaccination does not protect you for a lifetime, but only for a year or so, and a survived infection protects you for a lifetime, then getting infected while vaccinated should get you the +lifetime bonus.

And you will infect a lot fewer people, maybe zero, for the rest of your life, too. Should also help with avoiding future pandemics from this virus.

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