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WhiteTara

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4. Have you seen anything about immunity after
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 11:25 AM
Mar 2020

the illness? I saw one small blurb from China that said you could get the virus again but have heard nothing else.

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
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