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Chemisse

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37. Good article.

Reply to bronxiteforever (Reply #12)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 10:53 PM

Apr 2020

It will be interesting to see what this turns out to be reinfection. Hopefully not reinfection!

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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