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To: BluegrassCardinal
Re: “SARS-CoV-2 is a novel virus. Nobody had immunity to it. For that reason it’s able to spread at a time that other respiratory viruses begin to wane.”

I disagree on several points.

There are at least 7 identified coronaviruses that infect humans. Four of them cause the common cold. I think it is premature to claim that no one has immunity to COVID-19.

In Washington state, only one person under age 40 has died from COVID-19. Less than 10% of COVID-19 infections in Washington state have been documented in people under age 40. When our Governor closed schools and universities a couple weeks ago, not even one student had been diagnosed with COVID-19.

COVID-19 emerged in Washington state on 21 January - the first case in the USA. The “Positive Infection Rate” in Washington state has held steady between 6.4% and 7.5% for high risk individuals for almost three weeks. Last week, hospitalization for COVID-19 in Washington state dropped 20%.

I think it is quite possible that COVID-19 has peaked in Washington state, and it will drift down to zero in concert with seasonal influenza at some point in May.

48 posted on 03/31/2020 11:22:09 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

The common cold versions are in the alphacoronavirus genus. COVID-19 and SARS-Cov are betacoronaviruses. Someone would have had to have SARS or had a vaccine against that to already be immune to this one.

Almost a third of the cases in Missouri are under age 40.


52 posted on 03/31/2020 11:44:41 PM PDT by Styria
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To: zeestephen

Has Inslee stated under what conditions we will be allowed to get back to normal life? No deaths or infections for a week? A month? Three months? A year? What???


71 posted on 04/01/2020 1:47:19 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around. God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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