And now in attempt to shift away from the Info Wars Variety Hour for the handful of reasonable people that read threads like this, I wanted to get into long term affects/can people catch this more than once?
- There are people who have innate immunity to this. This could be why a large percentage of the population are asymptomatic AND they don't develop antibodies. This is why most/but not all children *seem* to be ok with this virus. Innate immunity is simply inherited from mostly genetics/maternal immunity. In this scenario no antibodies are produced (at least not to significant amounts) because the body doesn't need them to fight off the infection.
However, there is a subset of the population who appear healthy & viable - but they have a severe reaction. This shows up in younger adults AND children. Either they have unknown underlying preconditions or they lack all components of whatever innate immunity others have.
- People who have severe reactions to the virus tend to develop significant antibodies - if they survive. This follows the adaptive immunity response: Your body is presented with a pathogen & it produces antibodies to it.
- In theory - if the body develops antibodies, it should be immune unless it mutates.
- Yes, the virus has mutated....but not in virulence that they've observed so far. The mutation makes it more infectious (European/ American strains) but not more virulent.
- We don't know how long those antibodies will last, but serum transplants tend to help those in ICU when administered with sufficient time to save them.
There may be people with innate immunity, but pre-existing conditions complicate the response. This makes them more dependent upon adaptive immunity, but their system is already broken in a way. The elderly, tend to fall into this category, as well as people with high levels of inflammation: diabetes, hypertension, etc.
- Additionally, there are many approaches for CV. While it primarily affects the respiratory system, it's more alarming with regard to other things: renal failure, stroke, blot clots, etc. These issues seem to arise in seemingly "healthy" people - which in my mind means, it's slipping past the innate immune response and causing problems completely different from the "traditional" respiratory illness. This may point to underlying causes we're unaware of.
- The long term damage is a legit thing. This shit basically scars lungs & damages kidneys.
So, is there a chance your innate immunity fights it off, and then you get to go for round two? Perhaps.
Should we dash all hope a vaccine will help? No.
Should we take this as a really important lesson, and prepare for the next pandemic? Abso-f'ing-lutely
Should we all wear masks & social distance? YES.
I've known quite a few people who have gone through this. It isn't easy, but most of them report resting and doing breathing exercises daily. They describe it as "fighting" with their lungs, but if they don't, they fear pneumonia. And in Florida right now, ICUs are overwhelmed.
What pisses me off the most, more than the contrarian general populace, is the moist hog would-be fascist in the White House trying to knee-cap the ACA even more right now. It's disgusting.