Mateo84 said:
Antibody testing will be the way back to normalcy ... but ONLY if we become sure that people gain long-term immunity post-infection.
No. Can't remember where I read it but there have been instances of people recovering and then having a relapse weeks to a month later (though less severe). In general that seems to be uncommon but there hasn't been enough time to know how long immunity may last anyway.CDub06 said:
Are we certain that after you contract the virus, you have long term immunity?
Like our cure for the influenza virus?DadHammer said:Mateo84 said:
Antibody testing will be the way back to normalcy ... but ONLY if we become sure that people gain long-term immunity post-infection.
Just need to be long enough to get back to work while we improve treatments and develop a cure.
One article said that they have identified eight variants of the virus so far and there are likely many more variants that have yet to be mapped. It isn't a given that developing immunity to one variant would apply to the other variants.CDub06 said:
Are we certain that after you contract the virus, you have long term immunity?
I don't think any of those actually fully recovered. They still had the virus in them and relapsed. I think the key is people who have actually beat it and got rid of it.MaxPower said:No. Can't remember where I read it but there have been instances of people recovering and then having a relapse weeks to a month later (though less severe). In general that seems to be uncommon but there hasn't been enough time to know how long immunity may last anyway.CDub06 said:
Are we certain that after you contract the virus, you have long term immunity?
