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Re: Coronavirus Testing Stations

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Steve30000 wrote: 28 Oct 2020, 05:55
Nockya wrote: 27 Oct 2020, 14:18

I'd like to know as well but apparently we don't know if the anti-bodies stay with us for life yet.
One report says they don't, but the body remembers any infection through your white blood cells anyway. (t-cells).

As far as I'm aware, the body only produces antibodys as long as the infection is there to fight off, then it wanes. Then the body remembers this for next time, so you lose the antibodies but not the memory of how to fight it off.
Well put so maybe if you are hit a second time you can cope better.


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Nockya wrote: 28 Oct 2020, 11:16
Steve30000 wrote: 28 Oct 2020, 05:55
One report says they don't, but the body remembers any infection through your white blood cells anyway. (t-cells).

As far as I'm aware, the body only produces antibodys as long as the infection is there to fight off, then it wanes. Then the body remembers this for next time, so you lose the antibodies but not the memory of how to fight it off.
Well put so maybe if you are hit a second time you can cope better.
Yep. Can't believe how the media have reported it though.

Almost a doomsday scenario


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Re: Coronavirus Testing Stations

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But isn't that similar to herd immunity?


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Sunderland Nut wrote: 28 Oct 2020, 18:56 But isn't that similar to herd immunity?
It might differ if people can't cope straight away because they may be carriers passing it on and we will not know this for a while to come.


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Crawford wrote: 28 Oct 2020, 22:23
Sunderland Nut wrote: 28 Oct 2020, 18:56 But isn't that similar to herd immunity?
It might differ if people can't cope straight away because they may be carriers passing it on and we will not know this for a while to come.
Its novel, which is why a vaccine will help.

Hopefully


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