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That isn't what the word immunity means.
by michaelmrose 6y ago
That isn't what the word immunity means.
- timr 6y agoI'm not sure what you're trying to argue, but an immune response in no way precludes testing positive for a virus. Particularly at the testing thresholds we are using in the US, where as little as a single copy of the virus RNA can be detected, a great number of people test positive for weeks after their immune system has defeated the virus.
- sa1 6y agoHe may not be wrong. T-cells are not like antibodies, which is the immunity you are thinking of.
- cblades 6y agoWhat the words means in common usage doesn't have to track what immunity actually is. Colloquially, immunity means sterilizing immunity. Actually, immunity doesn't have to be sterilizing.