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stopdiggin

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22. quite true. but in this case what we know ..

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 02:09 PM

Apr 2020

keeps shifting on us. If in fact recovery does not impart immunity (or the ability to infect) .. then that is very different from anything we've seen before .. and quite different from current understanding, methods and models. (And a sea change as far as game changer in treatment and epidemiology.)

(note -- Article does not say this is true. Just can't be sure.)

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WHO issues warning on coronavirus testing: There's no evidence antibody tests show immunity [View all] bronxiteforever Apr 2020 OP

No problem: kill the messenger. Voltaire2 Apr 2020 #1

And the idea that people with C-19 antibodies in their blood can now go back to work ... Botany Apr 2020 #2

yes, the "passport" theory stopdiggin Apr 2020 #18

I really hope that "they" can find people who have had C-19, recovered, and have the antibodies Botany Apr 2020 #21

Not debunking the WHO, but will be anxious to hear the rest of that story Thekaspervote Apr 2020 #3

I think the answer is in the statement bronxiteforever Apr 2020 #5

Actually, kind of the other way around localroger Apr 2020 #11

I posted this article on the reinfection issue bronxiteforever Apr 2020 #12

Thanks, much clearer info than I had nt localroger Apr 2020 #13

I was vague in my previous post. bronxiteforever Apr 2020 #14

Yeah, right, I have a rather personal reason for hoping so localroger Apr 2020 #26

I hope so too! Stay healthy friend! bronxiteforever Apr 2020 #27

Good article. Chemisse Apr 2020 #37

Yes. Igel Apr 2020 #9

I have read that some people with the C-19 antibodies might not have long term immunity but... Botany Apr 2020 #17

Thanks. Very informative. stopdiggin Apr 2020 #20

Thx...was thinking along the same lines. You laid it out so well Thekaspervote Apr 2020 #31

We are at a tipping point bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #4

I'd hope everyone told they have antibodies is told they MUST report any suspicion of more symptoms muriel_volestrangler Apr 2020 #6

well that sucks majorly. uppityperson Apr 2020 #7

This is why the World Health Organization was "Defunded" LovingA2andMI Apr 2020 #8

Well that is brilliant read of Orange Nero bronxiteforever Apr 2020 #10

The President receives information prior to the public LovingA2andMI Apr 2020 #15

Very good point. bronxiteforever Apr 2020 #16

Whoa. JudyM Apr 2020 #30

Yep... LovingA2andMI Apr 2020 #42

Science must lead us... BlueIdaho Apr 2020 #19

quite true. but in this case what we know .. stopdiggin Apr 2020 #22

Yes... we just aren't there yet. BlueIdaho Apr 2020 #24

Of course they don't. That's true for all diseases Warpy Apr 2020 #23

Researchers are finding that the co-sars2 virus is not mutating significantly Thekaspervote Apr 2020 #32

Apparently it's happened barely fast enough Warpy Apr 2020 #35

If recovering from this disease does not confer immunity, PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #25

This was documented in SARS and MERS patients previously NickB79 Apr 2020 #28

I'm under the impression that the reason we tend to get colds PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #34

It would be unique among coronaviruses, also NT Warpy Apr 2020 #36

IF ANTIBODIES dont result in immunity, does this mean vaccine wont work? nt Kashkakat v.2.0 Apr 2020 #29

I believe it means repeated vaccines until such a time the virus has no place left to go Thekaspervote Apr 2020 #33

Survivors carried the weaker strains onward. roamer65 Apr 2020 #41

No antibody tests show anything other than serology presence greenjar_01 Apr 2020 #38

Inject infected people with the correct type of plasma from recovered ones. roamer65 Apr 2020 #39

k & r n/t w0nderer Apr 2020 #40