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No it doesn't mean that at all. What this is telling you and what media has been avoiding saying is that coronavirus is a family of viruses that make up the co
by elmerfud 6y ago
No it doesn't mean that at all. What this is telling you and what media has been avoiding saying is that coronavirus is a family of viruses that make up the common cold. It's not the only virus that's lumped in as the common cold but it is one kind. Coronavirus isn't new, covid19 is just a previously unknown variation.
What is paper is saying is that previous exposure to coronavirus (the common cold) grants some level of immunity to covid19.
- CydeWeys 6y ago> coronavirus is a family of viruses that make up the common cold Wrong. There are 200+ strains of various viruses that are all lumped together as the "common cold" only 4 of which are coronaviruses. The vast majority of common colds are not coronaviruses.
- elmerfud 6y agoI guess reading is hard when it's longer than a Twitter post because my very next sentence was. > It's not the only virus that's lumped in as the common cold but it is one kind. Perhaps not having knee jerk reactions and careful examination of the information is what's needed.
- antonvs 6y ago> What is paper is saying is that previous exposure to coronavirus (the common cold) grants some level of immunity to covid19. It's not saying that. The presence of these antibodies does not necessarily mean any level of immunity against SARS-CoV-2, which is a different virus than the one that triggered these antibodies. The degree to which these antibodies contribute towards immunity against the new virus is unknown, and wasn't evaluated by this study.