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Do You Get Immunity After Recovering from a Case of Coronavirus?

31 points by greencore 7y ago

mancerayder 7y ago
That's a very I Don't Know type of article.
- MaxBarraclough 7y ago
  Agreed. Poor quality article with little of value to convey beyond those three words, buffed out to the size required of the format.
  - jhayward 7y ago
    Just because the article doesn't tie everything up in a nice back and white bow doesn't mean it is low quality. The answer to the question is "we don't know, it's complicated". It's not a screenplay we're in, reality is messy.
    - alexandercrohde 7y ago
      That's fine, so long as the article lets you know that up-front. Title it "Why we don't know yet whether you can get Corona a second time."
      - thawaway1837 7y ago
        This is, literally, the first sentence in the article. > It's unclear whether people who recover from COVID-19 will be immune to reinfection from the coronavirus and, if so, how long that immunity will last. There are abstracts of scientific papers that are not as upfront about their results as the first sentence of this article is.
- jhayward 7y ago
  If you think that's frustrating, wait until you read about Antibody Dependent Enhancement [1], which is the situation where antibodies from a previous infection actually enhance the virulence of a subsequent exposure. Immunology is complicated and dynamic. That's why it takes 12-18 months to prove that a new vaccine won't end up being worse than the disease. [1]
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adrianmonk 7y ago
If you don't develop immunity, think how that will affect the economy. With immunity, it's possible this is a temporary condition, and once we get through it, we can go back to something we almost recognize as normal, and the economy can start to recover. Without immunity, it's more like something has fundamentally changed. For example, dining out at a restaurant or seeing a movie in a theater may be things that people are not comfortable with for years.
- env123 7y ago
  Why is everyone so obsessed with the economy? I think the coronavirus is the perfect defense mechanism from nature for the environment to recover

31 points by greencore 7y ago

mancerayder 7y ago

That's a very I Don't Know type of article.

MaxBarraclough 7y ago
Agreed. Poor quality article with little of value to convey beyond those three words, buffed out to the size required of the format.
- jhayward 7y ago
  Just because the article doesn't tie everything up in a nice back and white bow doesn't mean it is low quality. The answer to the question is "we don't know, it's complicated". It's not a screenplay we're in, reality is messy.
  - alexandercrohde 7y ago
    That's fine, so long as the article lets you know that up-front. Title it "Why we don't know yet whether you can get Corona a second time."
    - thawaway1837 7y ago
      This is, literally, the first sentence in the article. > It's unclear whether people who recover from COVID-19 will be immune to reinfection from the coronavirus and, if so, how long that immunity will last. There are abstracts of scientific papers that are not as upfront about their results as the first sentence of this article is.
jhayward 7y ago
If you think that's frustrating, wait until you read about Antibody Dependent Enhancement [1], which is the situation where antibodies from a previous infection actually enhance the virulence of a subsequent exposure. Immunology is complicated and dynamic. That's why it takes 12-18 months to prove that a new vaccine won't end up being worse than the disease. [1]

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adrianmonk 7y ago

If you don't develop immunity, think how that will affect the economy. With immunity, it's possible this is a temporary condition, and once we get through it, we can go back to something we almost recognize as normal, and the economy can start to recover. Without immunity, it's more like something has fundamentally changed. For example, dining out at a restaurant or seeing a movie in a theater may be things that people are not comfortable with for years.

env123 7y ago
Why is everyone so obsessed with the economy? I think the coronavirus is the perfect defense mechanism from nature for the environment to recover