COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Healdplace]

The numbers who have had it twice for sure globally are so tiny that every instance has been documented. Millions have had it and not apparently caught it again.

So it looks to be a rarity or it would naturally be obvious given how every nation on Earth is focused on this virus and it dominates the media so they would not have been missed.

And there is a always a small number who can be re-infected with any disease. Usually down to anomalies of their own immune system. So in of itself this is not a surprise with Covid.

But Covid is only a year old. So we do not know if you get more likely to catch it again as time passes and your immunity to it possibly wanes or the virus itself changes to make that easier.

What we do know so far and from past diseases is that those who catch it twice usually have some residual ability to diminish its potency.

So I cannot see any reason to think this is going to be a serious problem going forward.

Only that it might mean Covid is never literally eradicated from the face of the Earth.

But then there are many rare and deadly diseases of which that is true that we do not shape our lives around

Victory will be when Covid becomes another one of these.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Only that it might mean Covid is never literally eradicated from the face of the Earth.

Most experts seem to believe covid will be with us for the long term. I think its right to say that only smallpox has ever been eliminated completely?

The end game seems to be that either it circulates widely, most people are exposed as children/ young adults with mild disease and any later reinfections are not severe, or vaccination keeps levels low enough that its not a significant health issue.

[Edit meant to add that it looks likely that circulation in animals will prevent eradication, even if it were otherwise possible in humans]

 

[Two Gun Bob]

I work on the assumption that news released is actually a bit behind the current situation i.e. they're maybe another step ahead of what were actually being told. Especially the way it's been delivered. Imagine it it goes major tits up the effects mentally on the world will be almost as bad as the virus.

To use a @Two Gun Bob type analogy it's like new improved toothpaste/washing powder/TV's, which are always the best ever...they tend to have at least another more improved step in hand at least,I fucking hope so.

Whiter than white : /

 

[Marvin]

Puzzling as to why two mRNA vaccines Pfizer and Moderna have such radically different storage requirements. I suspect it's down to the lipid carrier but the mRNA itself can not be that different and yet the two research groups have come up with what looks like two radically different solutions.

 

[purplenose]

The numbers who have had it twice for sure globally are so tiny that every instance has been documented. Millions have had it and not apparently caught it again.

So it looks to be a rarity or it would naturally be obvious given how every nation on Earth is focused on this virus and it dominates the media so they would not have been missed.

And there is a always a small number who can be re-infected with any disease. Usually down to anomalies of their own immune system. So in of itself this is not a surprise with Covid.

But Covid is only a year old. So we do not know if you get more likely to catch it again as time passes and your immunity to it possibly wanes or the virus itself changes to make that easier.

What we do know so far and from past diseases is that those who catch it twice usually have some residual ability to diminish its potency.

So I cannot see any reason to think this is going to be a serious problem going forward.

Only that it might mean Covid is never literally eradicated from the face of the Earth.

But then there are many rare and deadly diseases of which that is true that we do not shape our lives around

Victory will be when Covid becomes another one of these.

And despite the doom merchants, anti vaxers, and twats that just like wallowing in the misery and drama, I believe we are just a few months from that becoming the case.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Whiter than white : /

Up to the nose
Fresh a rose...

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I work on the assumption that news released is actually a bit behind the current situation i.e. they're maybe another step ahead of what were actually being told. Especially the way it's been delivered. Imagine it it goes major tits up the effects mentally on the world will be almost as bad as the virus.

To use a @Two Gun Bob type analogy it's like new improved toothpaste/washing powder/TV's, which are always the best ever...they tend to have at least another more improved step in hand at least,I fucking hope so.

A lot of things are like that, especially with technology.

They have the technology for what will be about the iPhone 17, same for cars, technology systems that are miles more advanced than the cars that are actually coming out now.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

mask wearing in shops etc. seems to be going down, not up. Just sick of people.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Perhaps people who volunteer for vaccine trials tend be be socially responsible so are likely to follow social distancing and much less likely to catch COVID as a result.

Maybe adverts should read

"ARE YOU A RECKLESS FOOL?

YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS IDIOTS LIKE YOU!

SIGN UP TODAY FOR A VACCINE TRIAL!!"

Aye - maybe.

 

[inbetween]

Have they asked those questions about other drugs they take? How long has it been out? What are the side effects? I just don't believe they have.

This isn't a biological weapon, it's a vaccine that makes the immune system aware of the Coronavirus spikes to reduce it's ability to replicate and infect the body.

As with any vaccine there will be risks but they will be no different to taking any form of medicine. Problems will be limited to common (1 in 10) harmless side effects and a very limited subset of rare (1 in 100,000+) type side effects.

More people will die of coronavirus today then will ever die or be harmed long term by the vaccine.