Quote:
Originally Posted by answer20
A vaccine would be nice, but is it really necessary if the strain does die out eventually? I certainly haven't been given any vaccines for the previous corona viruses that I know of ... there's been 18, eh,? They call this 19 for a reason.
They are talking about an antibody test to see if a person has already developed a resistance and didn't know it ... but how do you prove that you either 'took' the vaccine or have the antibodies? Does everyone carry around a medical card in order to go out in public?
Aye, as cowboy said, it is based on WHO naming standards and the year it was first discovered
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ct%20illnesses.
Quote:
On February 11, 2020 the World Health Organization announced an official name for the disease that is causing the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak, first identified in Wuhan China. The new name of this disease is coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated as COVID-19. In COVID-19, ‘CO’ stands for ‘corona,’ ‘VI’ for ‘virus,’ and ‘D’ for disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as “2019 novel coronavirus” or “2019-nCoV”.
There are many types of human coronaviruses including some that commonly cause mild upper-respiratory tract illnesses. COVID-19 is a new disease, caused be a novel (or new) coronavirus that has not previously been seen in humans. The name of this disease was selected following the World Health Organization (WHO) best practice for naming of new human infectious diseases.
A vaccine helps try to get the strain to die out. One (hopefully) becomes immune to a virus or antigen in one of two ways:
1- you catch it, you maybe get sick, your body's immune system develops antibodies which kill it, and now you don't ever catch it again (unless it mutates)
2- you get a vaccine (which is something that fakes being CV) which triggers your body's immune system to develop antibodies against it, so if you get infected your body already knows how to fight it, so you don't get sick or pass it on before you kill it
Once enough people develop antibodies (through catching it or being vaccinated) the population develops herd immunity, which helps ensure the virus dies out and/or becomes isolated if it does re-appear.
Finally, yes, our government is specifically talking about issuing ID cards to people who have been tested and show antibodies to CV, meaning they are "safe" to be in public and/or work with sick people. Fauci has talked about it.
Note that these immunities can become worthless if the virus mutates quickly enough. Seasonal flues work this way. Your vaccine from last year is generally worthless this year because they have mutated since then.
Last edited by dinesh; 04-11-2020 at 12:14 PM.