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To: sushiman

Just a thought: Americans without symptoms are going into quarantine. Will this not make the impact of the virus more severe, in that those quarantined will not be exposed to the virus and build up immunity?


8 posted on 03/13/2020 8:19:21 AM PDT by myerson
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To: myerson

The UK presenttion the other day said that people need to get sick in orxer for immunity to develop in the population.


26 posted on 03/13/2020 9:32:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: myerson

Also, if asymptomatic people are carrying a slightly mutated, less-virulent virus (and that is why they are asymptomatic), we are preventing the spread of the “lesser evil” virus, which is one of the main ways viruses tend to peter out over time, as the mutated versions that don’t debilitate their hosts get spread around, while the ones that DO sideline their hosts get stuck in hospital beds and die off.


42 posted on 03/13/2020 11:15:07 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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