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defacto7

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20. Excellent explanation.

Reply to NNadir (Reply #13)

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 02:50 PM

Mar 2020

It's all the more clear that denying the virus the means to spread by distancing and sanitary practice is the best way to limit it and survive outside of a vaccine. Although we already knew this by the word of experts, to me it's important to know why that is true and the mechanism by which it is so. This explains a lot. Thanks for your insight.

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Covid patients can remain infectious following recovery. [View all] NNadir Mar 2020 OP

Ehh what? SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #1

If someone has had Covid and has recovered from it, they can still be contagious. n/t. NNadir Mar 2020 #2

Thanks, I got this drift, it was just the article was kind of a spaghetti word salad to me...perhaps SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #3

No problem. I'm not always very good at translating stuff to non-scientists. NNadir Mar 2020 #5

Thanks so much. A good article. Be safe and healthy. NT SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #8

thanks for the info. Combined with the statement WhiteTara Mar 2020 #9

There seems to be an endpoint for being infectious. It is NOT forever. NNadir Mar 2020 #11

Thanks. That staying infectious AFTER getting well WhiteTara Mar 2020 #14

This was a fluke--it doesn't happen often. Igel Mar 2020 #16

Well, it's very obvious that disease syndromes with the mortality rate of Black Plague are rare. NNadir Mar 2020 #18

You said there are conditions where mutations are known to arise. defacto7 Mar 2020 #12

The mechanism by which resistance arises in bacteria, and in viruses is similar. NNadir Mar 2020 #13

you are a wealth of information WhiteTara Mar 2020 #15

Excellent explanation. defacto7 Mar 2020 #20

Have you seen anything about immunity after WhiteTara Mar 2020 #4

No, the only thing I heard is that you can get CV again, and also heard that once you have, you ... SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #6

Perhaps those catching it again either did not fully recover yet or they caught a mutation? cstanleytech Mar 2020 #23

I just touched on this case in a response to another post. NNadir Mar 2020 #7

Good info in a pinch. defacto7 Mar 2020 #10

Still doubtful. Igel Mar 2020 #17

The state of the virus is, if you read the paper, indeterminate. NNadir Mar 2020 #19

Caution is vital Warpy Mar 2020 #22

Thanks again for all of the information, and I especially wanted to wish your sister-in-law Get ... SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #24

Thank you so much for this Warpy Mar 2020 #21