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Duppers

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8. Yes!: "What this also means is that a vaccine may/will not work."

Reply to wackadoo wabbit (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:08 PM

Jul 2020

Repeating your sentence:

What this also means is that a vaccine may/will not work.

DH & I have been discussing this for days now & what it means for society & the economies.
Conclusion: we must continue to isolate, wear masks, & be damn careful. Darwin's laws will rule.

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COVID herd immunity may be "unachievable" after study suggests antibodies disappear after weeks [View all] wackadoo wabbit Jul 2020 OP

Oh no. This is devastating news. femmedem Jul 2020 #1

well scarytomcat Jul 2020 #2

Shhhhhhhhhhit, over 60,000 ... "received POC antibody test" This study is large. The only thing miss uponit7771 Jul 2020 #3

"Study suggests" means research is inconclusive, merely hypothetical nt Fiendish Thingy Jul 2020 #4

Antibody tests are notoriously inaccurate and unreliable Fiendish Thingy Jul 2020 #5

Agreed. Also, your body remembers how to make fresh ones when challenged. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #7

K&R 2naSalit Jul 2020 #6

Yes!: "What this also means is that a vaccine may/will not work." Duppers Jul 2020 #8

Monoclonal antibody therapy will work. roamer65 Jul 2020 #9