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I’m assuming because you are sure having it once will give you some immunity? It’s really unclear if that is true and I respectfully disagree with those who sam

I’m assuming because you are sure having it once will give you some immunity? It’s really unclear if that is true and I respectfully disagree with those who same it is more likely than not.

irishcoffee 6y ago
Everyone is going to catch this. Either I wait around for it to happen or I volunteer. I’d rather volunteer.
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steveeq1 6y ago
Stop spreading misinformation, there were studies in South Korea that say you won't reinfect after you get it. That's why the strong and healthy can help by self-infecting.
- tpnCC 6y ago
  Not exactly. Some hundreds of patients were thought to have gotten rid of the virus during hospital stay and treatment and sent home after confirming through RT-PCR tests. But they were found to be covid+ve afterwards. Studies indicated that the +ve tests were 'likely' from the genetic material that lingered from the first infection and not from re-infection. https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-reinfections-were-false-positives.html https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-reinfections-were-fa... However, they do not declare that you cannot get re-infected two months down the line or two years down the line. We don't have that information about immunity yet.
  - steveeq1 6y ago
    Yes, but the great bulk of evidence pretty much that you won't reinfect once you get it.
    - ztjio 6y ago
      That is utter nonsense, that evidence can't exist with out the time having passed to gather it.
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    - tpnCC 6y ago
      "The great bulk of evidence' in this situation would mean the data on the duration of presence of Neutralizing antibodies in the blood stream of people who got rid of the virus. But this data is not there yet,as I said before. Scientists are currently working to figure out how long the antibodies stay in the body and if they are potent enough to fight re-infections. There is 'no great bulk of evidence' yet. Unless I'm wrong, and I hope I am. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30985-5/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... "For any country contemplating these issues, another crucial question is how solid is the assumption that antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein equate to functional protection?Furthermore, if presence of these antibodies is protective, how can it be decided what proportion of the population requires these antibodies to mitigate subsequent waves of cases of COVID-19?" "Furthermore, studies in COVID-19 show that 10–20% of symptomatically infected people have little or no detectable antibody." We need more data, which I understand scientists all over the world are working relentlessly to deliver, to believe that 'you won't reinfect once you get it'
      - steveeq1 6y ago
        South Korea has studies that show re-infection after you get it won't happen in any meaningful way.
        seppin 6y ago
        They'd made those conclusions in < 3 months? What is your source?
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- svd4anything 6y ago
  Talk about spreading mis-information! I really hope you were joking about self-infecting.
lostapathy 6y ago
We don't "know" that infection confers any sort of lasting immunity, but there's zero reason to believe it doesn't give you immunity at least for a few years. This is all rooted in the media narrative trying to scare people to stay at home "you could catch it over and over again". It's not science, and it's counter productive.
- zbentley 6y ago
  Well, it's not science, but it may be productive. A lot of people will hear "it's not so bad" and "healthy people should get it and get over it", and go out and make others sick (including people that could die or be hospitalized). It's not science, it's crowd control. People don't exercise good judgement reliably, so that might be counterproductive.
- svd4anything 6y ago
  That’s total nonsense. There are many reasons to believe the immunity is very very short. http://www.columbia.edu/~jls106/galanti_shaman_ms_supp.pdf http://www.columbia.edu/~jls106/galanti_shaman_ms_supp.pdf

I’m assuming because you are sure having it once will give you some immunity? It’s really unclear if that is true and I respectfully disagree with those who same it is more likely than not.

irishcoffee 6y ago

Everyone is going to catch this. Either I wait around for it to happen or I volunteer. I’d rather volunteer.

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steveeq1 6y ago

Stop spreading misinformation, there were studies in South Korea that say you won't reinfect after you get it. That's why the strong and healthy can help by self-infecting.

tpnCC 6y ago
Not exactly. Some hundreds of patients were thought to have gotten rid of the virus during hospital stay and treatment and sent home after confirming through RT-PCR tests. But they were found to be covid+ve afterwards. Studies indicated that the +ve tests were 'likely' from the genetic material that lingered from the first infection and not from re-infection. https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-reinfections-were-false-positives.html https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-reinfections-were-fa... However, they do not declare that you cannot get re-infected two months down the line or two years down the line. We don't have that information about immunity yet.
- steveeq1 6y ago
  Yes, but the great bulk of evidence pretty much that you won't reinfect once you get it.
  - ztjio 6y ago
    That is utter nonsense, that evidence can't exist with out the time having passed to gather it.
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  - tpnCC 6y ago
    "The great bulk of evidence' in this situation would mean the data on the duration of presence of Neutralizing antibodies in the blood stream of people who got rid of the virus. But this data is not there yet,as I said before. Scientists are currently working to figure out how long the antibodies stay in the body and if they are potent enough to fight re-infections. There is 'no great bulk of evidence' yet. Unless I'm wrong, and I hope I am. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30985-5/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... "For any country contemplating these issues, another crucial question is how solid is the assumption that antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein equate to functional protection?Furthermore, if presence of these antibodies is protective, how can it be decided what proportion of the population requires these antibodies to mitigate subsequent waves of cases of COVID-19?" "Furthermore, studies in COVID-19 show that 10–20% of symptomatically infected people have little or no detectable antibody." We need more data, which I understand scientists all over the world are working relentlessly to deliver, to believe that 'you won't reinfect once you get it'
    - steveeq1 6y ago
      South Korea has studies that show re-infection after you get it won't happen in any meaningful way.
      - seppin 6y ago
        They'd made those conclusions in < 3 months? What is your source?
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svd4anything 6y ago
Talk about spreading mis-information! I really hope you were joking about self-infecting.

lostapathy 6y ago

We don't "know" that infection confers any sort of lasting immunity, but there's zero reason to believe it doesn't give you immunity at least for a few years. This is all rooted in the media narrative trying to scare people to stay at home "you could catch it over and over again". It's not science, and it's counter productive.

zbentley 6y ago
Well, it's not science, but it may be productive. A lot of people will hear "it's not so bad" and "healthy people should get it and get over it", and go out and make others sick (including people that could die or be hospitalized). It's not science, it's crowd control. People don't exercise good judgement reliably, so that might be counterproductive.
svd4anything 6y ago
That’s total nonsense. There are many reasons to believe the immunity is very very short. http://www.columbia.edu/~jls106/galanti_shaman_ms_supp.pdf http://www.columbia.edu/~jls106/galanti_shaman_ms_supp.pdf