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2020-04-25 Science & Technology

German Virologist Suspects Basic Immunity Present In Part Of The Populace Due To Prior Infection With Other Coronavirus

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Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2020-04-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Lessee. Smallpox didn't wipe out the human race. We should be very thankful to Jenner for the invention of inoculation. That said, yes, this is the flu and most humans have been instructed by their gummint's to lose their minds over it. Not Last Man on Earth. Not Omega Man.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-25 03:24|| 2020-04-25 03:24|| Front Page Top

#2 However, he deliberately speaks of a theory that has not yet been proven

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-25 04:26|| 2020-04-25 04:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Instead of a bad flu season + strength, prosperity, security and independence we now have the same number of total fatalities, plus the likelihood of

..>20% unemployment
..50 million US families plunged into poverty
..the end of our shale revolution & our energy dominance
..Depression Era-style civil strife and unrest

Posted by Lex 2020-04-25 04:29|| 2020-04-25 04:29|| Front Page Top

#4 People around the world commonly get infected with human coronaviruses 229E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-04-25 08:00|| 2020-04-25 08:00|| Front Page Top

#5 The must-quarantine-until-a-perfect-vaccine crowd is becoming a cult. Hopefully they will go the Heaven's Gate route once society reverts to normal activity.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-25 08:20|| 2020-04-25 08:20|| Front Page Top

#6 If there's something to this theory the (partially)
immunizing infection event must have happened very recently.

Otherwise young children who weren't around and didn't get immunized would be significantly more vulnerable.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2020-04-25 09:49|| 2020-04-25 09:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Like a test release in China 12-18 months ago before the Big Show last fall?

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-25 10:49|| 2020-04-25 10:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Quarantine fanatics will be sheltering at home. Not hard to find if the SHTF...

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-25 11:43|| 2020-04-25 11:43|| Front Page Top

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