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Wish I could be doing something. I’ve just fled to Long Island and am staying in the house reading the news.

troughway 7y ago
It would not surprise me if there is a rallying call (state-sponsored employment?) for younger and able people to help out in the coming weeks, especially if a longer-term lockdown is happening. Things like picking up/dropping off groceries and other tasks on behalf of the elderly and infirm.
- Buttons840 7y ago
  Especially those who have been infected and are immune. (I'm not sure we know to what extend people become immune though?)
  - troughway 7y ago
    I'm really at a loss on this subject because I'm trying to find out answers to two questions that don't have much coverage so far (understandable): 1. The people who "recovered" from this so far, do their CT scans or other tests show alterations to their organs? I've read that survivors of SARS have had permanent damage that later led to issues like cystic fibrosis, and others. 2. Has anyone really become immune to this thing yet? The "UK experiment" is going to be an absolute shitshow if they are walking into this without knowing that it's possible to be immune from it.
    - csnover 7y ago
      Regarding the second question, a preprint of study on SARS-CoV-2 immunity in rhesus macaque indicates that they did develop an immunity. [0] [0] https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.13.990226v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.13.990226v1
      - troughway 7y ago
        Reassuring - thank you!
    - throwanem 7y ago
      I wouldn't put any stock in the wild reports of long-term sequelae. I've heard everything from failure of breathing reflex to male sterility, and none of it's worth the paper it's (not) printed on. None of it makes any sense, and besides, people make shit up at times like this, and what survives is what's most startling. (I mean, who'd even be looking at sperm motility right now?) The truth will out in the end. Still scary, I know. I'm sorry. I wish I had something more reassuring to say. Hang in there.
    - Laforet 7y ago
      Sars survivors showed some reduced lung capacity but overall not significant enough to affect quality of life. Morbidity mainly came from poorly executed steroid therapy carried out in a number of hospitals in an attempt to control respiratory failure, which resulted in more permanent disabilities. Source:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41413-020-0084-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41413-020-0084-5
- mjevans 7y ago
  I have already told my parents that I'll do exactly that for them, and have even been asking every time I go to the store myself if they need _anything_ from it. I'm reasonably sure that I won't die from this, but my parents are old enough to be at serious risk; this is only logical.
- ridgeguy 7y ago
  This is already happening in my small neighborhood. In about 80 homes, residents range in age from 0.5 years to 86 years. Several younger householders today organized to buy and deliver items needed by older residents so they can continue self-isolation. Spontaneous and heartwarming.
m0zg 7y ago
> am staying in the house You are "doing something" then. Not spreading the disease.

It would not surprise me if there is a rallying call (state-sponsored employment?) for younger and able people to help out in the coming weeks, especially if a longer-term lockdown is happening. Things like picking up/dropping off groceries and other tasks on behalf of the elderly and infirm.

Buttons840 7y ago
Especially those who have been infected and are immune. (I'm not sure we know to what extend people become immune though?)
- troughway 7y ago
  I'm really at a loss on this subject because I'm trying to find out answers to two questions that don't have much coverage so far (understandable): 1. The people who "recovered" from this so far, do their CT scans or other tests show alterations to their organs? I've read that survivors of SARS have had permanent damage that later led to issues like cystic fibrosis, and others. 2. Has anyone really become immune to this thing yet? The "UK experiment" is going to be an absolute shitshow if they are walking into this without knowing that it's possible to be immune from it.
  - csnover 7y ago
    Regarding the second question, a preprint of study on SARS-CoV-2 immunity in rhesus macaque indicates that they did develop an immunity. [0] [0] https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.13.990226v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.13.990226v1
    - troughway 7y ago
      Reassuring - thank you!
  - throwanem 7y ago
    I wouldn't put any stock in the wild reports of long-term sequelae. I've heard everything from failure of breathing reflex to male sterility, and none of it's worth the paper it's (not) printed on. None of it makes any sense, and besides, people make shit up at times like this, and what survives is what's most startling. (I mean, who'd even be looking at sperm motility right now?) The truth will out in the end. Still scary, I know. I'm sorry. I wish I had something more reassuring to say. Hang in there.
  - Laforet 7y ago
    Sars survivors showed some reduced lung capacity but overall not significant enough to affect quality of life. Morbidity mainly came from poorly executed steroid therapy carried out in a number of hospitals in an attempt to control respiratory failure, which resulted in more permanent disabilities. Source:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41413-020-0084-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41413-020-0084-5
mjevans 7y ago
I have already told my parents that I'll do exactly that for them, and have even been asking every time I go to the store myself if they need _anything_ from it. I'm reasonably sure that I won't die from this, but my parents are old enough to be at serious risk; this is only logical.
ridgeguy 7y ago
This is already happening in my small neighborhood. In about 80 homes, residents range in age from 0.5 years to 86 years. Several younger householders today organized to buy and deliver items needed by older residents so they can continue self-isolation. Spontaneous and heartwarming.

m0zg 7y ago

> am staying in the house You are "doing something" then. Not spreading the disease.