Re: when reality is worse than sci-fi
Originally Posted by
onehundred80
The only people to have immunity as far as I can see are those that have had the virus. The length of this immunity Is unknown, some survivors of the virus in China have been shown to have lost that immunity already.
SARS immunity lasted about four months. The common cold is about the same.
How in all seriousness can we compare this virus to some fictitious virus. Let’s keep grounded here.
Hope you are well, Dave.
There appears to be strong evidence that many of us have immunity. I've been working long hours, but finally remembered to post this for you:
Immune warriors known as T cells help us fight some viruses, but their importance for battling SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been unclear. Now, two studies reveal that infected people harbor T cells that target the virus—and may help them recover. Both studies also found that some people never infected with SARS-CoV-2 have these cellular defenses, most likely because they were previously infected with other coronaviruses.
Source:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020...term-immunity#
Last edited by pizzaguy; May 15, 2020 at 11:38 PM.