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For people curious about ADE (a fascinating topic that so far doesn't seem to have caused problems with SARS-CoV-2), here is some excellent background reading t
by raphlinus 5y ago
For people curious about ADE (a fascinating topic that so far doesn't seem to have caused problems with SARS-CoV-2), here is some excellent background reading that covers many of the points made in the above comment, with citations and deeper discussion:
https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2021/02/12/antibody-dependent-enhancement-and-the-coronavirus-vaccines https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2021/02/12/an...
- anonuser123456 5y agoI remember when this whole thing originally broke out, ADE was my biggest fear. Even when China was talking about a 2-3% infection fatality rate, it's like ok.. well that's not going to shatter society. But ADE... the prospect that getting it a 2nd time would raise the IFR to who knows... 20+%? That was scary.