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In reply to the discussion: Antibody levels in recovered COVID-19 patients decline quickly [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)34. Just because antibody levels decline quickly may not necessarily
mean the person loses all resistance. Others here have pointed out other things, which are interesting.
It may well be that we are living through an apocalypse, and this won't finally be over until at least 90% of people on the planet have gotten this, died or gotten over it and retain enough immunity to provide herd immunity. Perhaps we will have to learn to live in a world our ancestors lived in, where people got sick and died quite readily. One where scary and fatal diseases cropped up periodically and there was nothing you could do.
However, as naive as this might be, I am holding out hope for a vaccine.
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If valid, this implies that a vaccine won't be the answer. A treatment will be.
still_one
Jun 2020
#1
I think that's correct. There is still no vaccine for these coronaviruses: SARS, MERS, and
Mrs. Overall
Jun 2020
#3
Well. That's not good. What do you do with a cold? Ride it out. Sometimes it takes you down, and
LizBeth
Jun 2020
#7
I certainly can't isolate forever. I am in better position than a lot of people.
LizBeth
Jun 2020
#12
Right. Maybe they can come up with a more effective treatment for covid seeing results can be
LizBeth
Jun 2020
#22
Thanks for a reality based conversation. In this world, that is always appreciated.
LizBeth
Jun 2020
#31
Do we have a treatment for the common cold, or do we just relieve some of the synptoms?
Sucha NastyWoman
Jun 2020
#29
I'm sorry to hear you have complications like this to worry about and deal with.
Silver1
Jun 2020
#46
I suspect the final answer will be a yearly (or even bi-yearly) vaccine plus treatments... nt
Blasphemer
Jun 2020
#19
Right. There's a lot that's known, and probably a lot more that's not known
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jun 2020
#52