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Herd immunity to COVID-19 and pre-existing immune responses
Watts Up With That? ^ | 09-22-2020 | Nic Lewis

Posted on 09/23/2020 8:39:39 AM PDT by fireman15

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To: taxcontrol
You might want to google “Snoop Dog Coolaid”

Obviously, “Snoop Dogg” had to use an intentionally misspelled variant to name his album because of trademark laws. I do not buy your explanation as to why you misspelled Kool-Aid. It proves only that you will not concede when you have made a mistake, even on something as insignificant as a spelling error. You must be a real pleasure for your wife.

42 posted on 09/23/2020 12:11:08 PM PDT by fireman15
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To: fireman15

Obviously you believe that your assumptions of others, despite their explications of their actions, is the only correct world view. This allows you to feel superior and demonstrates that you have limited ability to change your mindset.

You are entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong they might be.


43 posted on 09/23/2020 12:34:34 PM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt - Dad's wisdom)
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To: taxcontrol

Ok, I do see your point. I think the counterargument is that it is generally understood that herd immunity can be achieved at a percentage of the population having been infected / vaccinated that is far lower than 100% (what that necessary percentage is remains a matter of debate but I have see numbers from 10% up to 70%. So it is certainly true that even after herd immunity is reached, an unexposed person could still get infected. But the spread beyond one-offs here and there would be severely curtailed. That, and not compliance with the rules of Cuomo and DiBlasio, is probably (my guess) exactly why the death numbers have trailed off to near zero in New York (and CT and NJ).


44 posted on 09/23/2020 1:41:06 PM PDT by Stingray51
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To: fireman15

there was a report out of europe i think it was where they studied the cases of new people getting sick, and i guess they found it was less ‘dangerous’ not sure how they determine that- but the report was out a few days ago- someone posted it on FR- can’t remember who now


45 posted on 09/23/2020 2:16:08 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: taxcontrol
Obviously you believe that your assumptions of others, despite their explications of their actions, is the only correct world view. This allows you to feel superior and demonstrates that you have limited ability to change your mindset.

I certainly do not feel that I am better than you... a slightly better speller possibly. ; ) But I am impressed by your use of the word “explication”. Now that is a good one. Look, it seems obvious to me that you did not read any of the article that I started the thread with or watch any of the video which I recommended. YOur statements were simply reactions to the title of the thread. At Free Republic that is par for the course but your explications for the statements that you have made are lacking for me.

46 posted on 09/23/2020 5:39:38 PM PDT by fireman15
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I believe that I saw the thread that you were speaking of. I do not remember making a comment on it. It is actually not just possible, but likely that the virus has mutated in the over 8 months that it has been under scrutiny. Whether or not the mutations make it more or less deadly is a question that is beyond my pay grade, and the statistics on all of this have been manipulated to the point where they are basically useless.


47 posted on 09/23/2020 5:44:34 PM PDT by fireman15
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yeah me either- I’ve heard people say strains become less deadly when they mutate- in order for the strain of virus to keep going an live on and not kill off all it’s hosts— but i dunno- doesn’t seem like a dead virus can plan stuff like that lol maybe it does= who knows-


48 posted on 09/23/2020 9:39:34 PM PDT by Bob434
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