Post by Lomelis on Aug 3, 2020 0:40:51 GMT
If true this might throw a wrinkle in the models saying "We all gonna die!".
Do some people have protection against the coronavirus?
By Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Andrea Kane, CNN
Updated 4:45 PM ET, Sun August 2, 2020
..."For herd immunity, if indeed we have a very large proportion of the population already being immune in one way or another, through these cellular responses, they can count towards the pool that you need to establish herd immunity. If you have 50% already in a way immune, because of these existing immune responses, then you don't need 60 to 80%, you need 10 to 30% -- you have covered the 50% already. The implications of having some pre-existing immunity suggests that maybe you need a small proportion of the population to be impacted before the epidemic wave dies out," said Dr. John Ioannidis, a professor of medicine and epidemiology and population health at Stanford University..."
www.cnn.com/2020/08/02/health/gupta-coronavirus-t-cell-cross-reactivity-immunity-wellness/index.html
Been a lot of articles floating around the last week or so looking at the immunoresponse to covid.
The percentage of the population required to be infected or vaccinated in order to establish herd immunity could be much lower than originally estimated.
Do some people have protection against the coronavirus?
By Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Andrea Kane, CNN
Updated 4:45 PM ET, Sun August 2, 2020
..."For herd immunity, if indeed we have a very large proportion of the population already being immune in one way or another, through these cellular responses, they can count towards the pool that you need to establish herd immunity. If you have 50% already in a way immune, because of these existing immune responses, then you don't need 60 to 80%, you need 10 to 30% -- you have covered the 50% already. The implications of having some pre-existing immunity suggests that maybe you need a small proportion of the population to be impacted before the epidemic wave dies out," said Dr. John Ioannidis, a professor of medicine and epidemiology and population health at Stanford University..."
www.cnn.com/2020/08/02/health/gupta-coronavirus-t-cell-cross-reactivity-immunity-wellness/index.html
Been a lot of articles floating around the last week or so looking at the immunoresponse to covid.
The percentage of the population required to be infected or vaccinated in order to establish herd immunity could be much lower than originally estimated.
