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Japanese tour bus worker who recovered from coronavirus tests positive for it AGAIN
2020-02-27
Posted by:Skidmark

#7  False negative rate on the tests=14%, maybe?
Posted by: James   2020-02-27 18:30  

#6  ^All it says is that the medicines are "too effective" in the sense of preventing a proper immune response due to effective virus suppression.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-02-27 13:36  

#5  SPOD relax, if it was as bad as you imagine, more than 14% of the recovered would be "reinfected".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-02-27 13:32  

#4  /\ The "short dormant period." What a ingenious method of infiltrating infected host carriers into a target area. And the Chinese were absolutely butt hurt that we closed our borders to them.

Asymmetric warfare at it's finest.


Posted by: Besoeker   2020-02-27 13:27  

#3  That’s part of the design with multiple protein markers and spikes that attack enzymes controlling heart and kidney function

Expect the death rate to be a steep cure with reinfection
Which isn’t reinfection at all just a short dormant period as it learns how to circumvent the immune system.

This is a weapon
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2020-02-27 13:19  

#2  14 PER CENT of coronavirus patients tested positive a SECOND time in one Chinese region, health official admits
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-02-27 12:34  

#1  Some discharged coronavirus patients in China test positive for second time: report
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-02-27 12:09  

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