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That "some immunity" is clearly insufficient, because people who actually got infected with Covid itself and then again with Covid, in many if not most cases ha
by SomeoneFromCA 6y ago
That "some immunity" is clearly insufficient, because people who actually got infected with Covid itself and then again with Covid, in many if not most cases have more severe symptoms. In fact, the scarce evidence suggests Covid might be a subject to Antibody Enhancement; that would mean that every next infection will get worse and worse. In any case, Coronaviruses have long be known to cause very short term immunity. Even more importantly, constant reinfection may debilitate the organism so much, that even a healthy person will eventually fall into the risk group.
- nradov 6y agoThat is unscientific fear mongering. As with any virus there will be some outliers. But in general there is no evidence of widespread antibody enhancement. Reinfections are rare, and most reinfected cases have minor symptoms. https://www.jimmunol.org/content/early/2020/09/03/jimmunol.2000839 https://www.jimmunol.org/content/early/2020/09/03/jimmunol.2...
- SomeoneFromCA 6y ago> That is unscientific fear mongering. Please be careful with your words. What I said is clearly scientific, because it can be falsified. > most reinfected cases have minor symptoms. This is clearly not true. See https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30783-0/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3... The article you linked is extremely old, July 17, when there was no reinfections known. Besides, it is already known, that MERS and SARS both cause Antibody enhancement in animals, with paradoxical results - lower viral load, but severe damage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibody-dependent_enhancement#Betacoronavirus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibody-dependent_enhancement...