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Old 19-09-2020, 18:48   #5800
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
They can provide the best data available, despite it being healthy to be sceptical. You are falling into the trap of others by dealing with everything in black and white in a world of grey.
Stand back in amazement! I thought that was what you were doing!

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
I don’t think all of those things necessarily flow from each other. The Birmingham unit being brought out of mothballing (and indeed any other) is risk management based on current data.

I’m not sure decisions can be compared with March.
A human assessment of risk... by 'experts'.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Has the herd immunity theory finally been buried? This article suggests to me it has "There is also evidence that antibody levels wane over two to three months..."

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...warns-12075251
This is an over-simplification. T-cells are also important in fighting infection. The doubt that you should have here is whether any vaccine that is discovered will be effective over more than the short term.
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