![]() 07/15/2020 at 19:10 • Filed to: coronavirus | ![]() | ![]() |
One open question that has worried many is whether recovering from the disease, or getting vaccinated, offers any long-term protection. The data has been unlimited , unsurprising given the fact that we don’t have much experience with this virus, and there have been reports of people getting infected twice.
From what I understand of this blog post, which is technical but written well enough to be comprehensible to ignorant people like me, is that recent studies are showing that long-term immunity is indeed still possible, perhaps even probable.
Still early, obviously, but the difference between 2-3 years of societal disruption and decades is not insignificant .
(Of course, if we could just agree to wear masks, we’d probably be looking at an economic recovery next year, but clearly selfishness and politics are making that improbable.)
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![]() 07/15/2020 at 19:23 |
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National Geographic had an interesting article about the history of pandemics. I think what makes this one interesting is it’s the first one in recent history that has really hit the developed world hard. Looking at the overall history of human-kind, we’ve collectively survived some nasty stuff.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/08/how-devastating-pandemics-change-us-feature/
![]() 07/15/2020 at 19:51 |
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Pay wall :(
![]() 07/15/2020 at 20:09 |
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People are being reinfected though and everything that's come out, while true likely at the time and with the variables they used, has evolved. I absolutely don't subscribe to its all lies but just I don't have much hope when possible good news comes out now
![]() 07/15/2020 at 20:32 |
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There was a study from King’s College awaiting peer review that found antibody levels drop after a month or so. T cells will still help you fight disease, but the immune system is much more complicated than that blog lets on.
![]() 07/15/2020 at 20:33 |
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Ssssshhhh, I really don’t want to contemplate what the future looks like otherwise.
![]() 07/15/2020 at 20:49 |
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Yeah, the primary sources are not quite making those conclusions, which might be a bit of a leap
![]() 07/15/2020 at 21:44 |
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Strange. Maybe try an Incognito tab?