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JCMach1

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4. Not if you can get reinfected... Vaccine might be prophylaxis

Reply to Iliyah (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 08:12 PM

Apr 2020

In that scenario... Think Shingles vaccine

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If WHO says there may not be immunity from being infected, doesn't that mean a vaccine won't work? [View all] wackadoo wabbit Apr 2020 OP

That Is Not What They Are Saying, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #1

Fair enough. I changed the title of my post to reflect that (given the constraints . . . wackadoo wabbit Apr 2020 #5

My Intention Was Not To Assail You, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #12

LOL, ok! nt USALiberal Apr 2020 #29

Herd immunity . . Iliyah Apr 2020 #2

Not if you can get reinfected... Vaccine might be prophylaxis JCMach1 Apr 2020 #4

There has to be immunity or nobody could recover from this Calculating Apr 2020 #3

It should be noted however that the scientific community has not given up on the totodeinhere Apr 2020 #10

You can develop immunity to the strain that infected you but still be susceptible to other strains. LonePirate Apr 2020 #14

I see exactly that as the big danger DFW Apr 2020 #35

I'm not counting on a vaccine. Most experts seem to still believe there is some level Hoyt Apr 2020 #6

I would not jump to that conclusion yet. totodeinhere Apr 2020 #7

Eventually people would get sick of the quarantine and get on with life Calculating Apr 2020 #11

Your scenario is possible, but we don't know enough yet to be able to predict the long term totodeinhere Apr 2020 #13

Well in that case it would just be the literal apocalypse Calculating Apr 2020 #15

No jberryhill Apr 2020 #17

No, it will not be an apocalypse. But it is possible that its consequences will be very serious totodeinhere Apr 2020 #25

re: "Over generations, less vulnerable populations emerge" thesquanderer Apr 2020 #30

If it wasn't for the fact that generational assistance is important jberryhill Apr 2020 #31

I suspect that the number of young people who fail to live long enough to reproduce... thesquanderer Apr 2020 #36

And it took over a decade to develop effective therapeutics for HIV/AIDS (n/t) thesquanderer Apr 2020 #28

The other day they had someone on MSNBC usedtobedemgurl Apr 2020 #8

I wish I could remember the technical term for that effect now, but it's one of the reasons... Silent3 Apr 2020 #18

We'll probably end up with a yearly vaccine like the flu rather than a one time vaccine like polio. LonePirate Apr 2020 #9

Maybe I'm misrembering, or just haven't updated bad earlier information... Silent3 Apr 2020 #19

That info is newer than what I have. A slowly mutating virus is better for vaccine development. LonePirate Apr 2020 #22

We may need periodic vaccines, but not because it mutates DrToast Apr 2020 #23

It's an unlikely worse-case scenario that a vaccine wouldn't work at all. Silent3 Apr 2020 #16

Hopefully there will be an effective vax, if not I'm WePurrsevere Apr 2020 #20

At least in monkeys Dem2 Apr 2020 #21

Either that or we're in for an interesting future... jberryhill Apr 2020 #26

It could be deadly to all mammals ... JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2020 #27

Less than half of Americans get the yearly flu vaccine. stopbush Apr 2020 #24

and the flu vaccine only reduces the chance of getting the flu by in the range of 40 to 60%. n/t thesquanderer Apr 2020 #32

That's better odds than 0%. stopbush Apr 2020 #34

There is anecdotal evidence of antibody transferrance being a treatment... Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #33

I sure am hoping Dem2 Apr 2020 #37

+1 crickets Apr 2020 #38