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Ok, how long does that immunity last? Is it forever? Is it two months? Can we actually achieve herd immunity or would we be signing up for a reinfection merry-g
by danaliv 6y ago
Ok, how long does that immunity last? Is it forever? Is it two months? Can we actually achieve herd immunity or would we be signing up for a reinfection merry-go-round?
- redis_mlc 6y ago1) Every disease in history has conferred immunity except for HIV, which is chronic. 2) What is your alternative? The US lost to mother nature.
- loktarogar 6y agoYes, but the question is how long that immunity lasts for. Not all diseases provide immunity forever.
- klmadfejno 6y ago> Every disease in history has conferred immunity except for HIV, which is chronic. This is not true, nor a generally good guideline to think about things. Coronaviruses generally confer short immunity periods. > 2) What is your alternative? The US lost to mother nature. In the very least, being aware that long term herd immunity is not a viable goal.
- nikofeyn 6y ago> This is not true, nor a generally good guideline to think about things. Coronaviruses generally confer short immunity periods. would the common cold be a good example? the common cold is caused by a few different coronaviruses, and it's not uncommon for people to get a cold at least once a year or even multiple times a year.
- fzeroracer 6y agoYou're right, every disease we catch gives us complete immunity. That's why when you catch the flu once, you're immune to it forever. I'm being sardonic here because you have a severe misunderstanding of how immunity and our immune system actually works. Some diseases (like the chicken pox) we never truly beat, it just becomes latent. Other diseases we only become briefly immune.
- redis_mlc 6y ago> That's why when you catch the flu once, you're immune to it forever. Each flu season, a new strain appears. Get your facts straight.