Patients are being reinfected with COVID-19... so long to herd immunity hopes......

[mango]

“Wait. I can catch Covid twice?” my 50-year-old patient asked in disbelief. It was the beginning of July, and he had just tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, for a second time — three months after a previous infection.



While there’s still much we don’t understand about immunity to this new illness, a small but growing number of cases like his suggest the answer is “yes.”



Covid-19 may also be much worse the second time around. During his first infection, my patient experienced a mild cough and sore throat. His second infection, in contrast, was marked by a high fever, shortness of breath, and hypoxia, resulting in multiple trips to the hospital.






https://www.vox.com/2020/7/12/21321653/getting-covid-19-twice-reinfection-antibody-herd-immunity

 

[StevieRay]

“As #COVID19 Deaths & Hospitalizations plummet in most States, ballooning of the (massaged & pumped-up) 'cases' numbers statistically indicates we are increasing herd immunity, and the #SARSCoV2 Pandemic is waning. Dems & MSM (diff?) are finding it harder & harder to fear-monger.”

 

[JavyBaez9]

“Wait. I can catch Covid twice?” my 50-year-old patient asked in disbelief. It was the beginning of July, and he had just tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, for a second time — three months after a previous infection.



While there’s still much we don’t understand about immunity to this new illness, a small but growing number of cases like his suggest the answer is “yes.”



Covid-19 may also be much worse the second time around. During his first infection, my patient experienced a mild cough and sore throat. His second infection, in contrast, was marked by a high fever, shortness of breath, and hypoxia, resulting in multiple trips to the hospital.






https://www.vox.com/2020/7/12/21321653/getting-covid-19-twice-reinfection-antibody-herd-immunity

Some people don’t develop effective antibodies.

This is not news to anyone with an IQ above 76.

Flu vaccines are only 43% effective for the same reason. Some people don’t develop effective antibodies.

That has very little to do with herd immunity, since the people who do develop effective antibodies will protect the people who can’t by not being able to contract the illness themselves.

Close this thread up. Another libtard educated.

 

[Seymour]

And in all likelihood - the guy did not have Covid the first time - isn't the test highly unreliable - especially the tests that were first being administered

 

[rush__man]

“Wait. I can catch Covid twice?” my 50-year-old patient asked in disbelief. It was the beginning of July, and he had just tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, for a second time — three months after a previous infection.



While there’s still much we don’t understand about immunity to this new illness, a small but growing number of cases like his suggest the answer is “yes.”



Covid-19 may also be much worse the second time around. During his first infection, my patient experienced a mild cough and sore throat. His second infection, in contrast, was marked by a high fever, shortness of breath, and hypoxia, resulting in multiple trips to the hospital.






https://www.vox.com/2020/7/12/21321653/getting-covid-19-twice-reinfection-antibody-herd-immunity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXRSYLpY6Wg

 

[rush__man]

And in all likelihood - the guy did not have Covid the first time - isn't the test highly unreliable - especially the tests that were first being administered

not only highly unreliable but highly falsified.

 

[X-Files]

From the OP article:

"What’s more, repeat infections in a short period are a feature of many viruses, including other coronaviruses. So if some Covid-19 patients are getting reinfected after a second exposure, it would not be particularly unusual.

In general, the unknowns of immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 currently outweigh the knowns. We do not know how much immunity to expect once someone is infected with the virus, we do not know how long that immunity may last, and we do not know how many antibodies are needed to mount an effective response. And although there is some hope regarding cellular immunity (including T-cell responses) in the absence of a durable antibody response, the early evidence of reinfections puts the effectiveness of these immune responses in question as well."

 

[JavyBaez9]

For those who are curious about this, antibodies are sometimes present in the body but slow to respond when a virus is reintroduced into the body.

for instance, I could have had Coronavirus in March, and developed antibodies to fight it off.

if you test my blood for antibodies in July, it might show I’m negative for antibodies. But if the virus was reintroduced to my body, my body would have the knowledge to ramp up production of antibodies and they’d be present in a short time period, since my body already knew how to produce the relevant antibodies.

it’s likely our little friend X Files doesn’t even know that. That’s why he’s a simpleton retard and obviously shouldn’t be posting about stuff that’s over his head.

in the scenario I described above, I might test positive a second time for Coronavirus in a small window, but also have the capability to produce antibodies so that the virus had almost no impact on my well being since it’d be fought off almost immediately.

the fact he doesn’t know this basic science is pretty humiliating

 

[Seymour]

not only highly unreliable but highly falsified.

You could theoretically get chickenpox twice - though high unlikely - if enough people got Corona the virus would die out but there will be a vaccine before this happens

 

[X-Files]

"Herd immunity won’t solve our COVID-19 problem":

https://theconversation.com/herd-immunity-wont-solve-our-covid-19-problem-139724

 

[rush__man]

You could theoretically get chickenpox twice - though high unlikely - if enough people got Corona the virus would die out but there will be a vaccine before this happens

i think you are right about the vaccine. but will commie dems keep it under cover till after the election?