Covid 19 Part XXII-30,360 in ROI(1,781 deaths) 8,035 in NI (568 deaths)(10/09)Read OP

Taxi driver in US who's covid conspiracies went viral has lost his wife to the disease.

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

Does herd immunity not need to be on a much larger scale?

So let's say 80% of NY have been infected and recovered and 20% never caught it, but there's flip all going around so far less likely to catch it, i.e. herd immunity. But NY isn't a closed ecosystem, so as soon as travel becomes frequent, those 20% are still susceptible elsewhere? It would be needed on a worldwide basis, no?

https://www.livescience.com/herd-immunity.html
quote But there is another way to achieve herd immunity. If the pathogen in question causes lifelong immunity in those it infects, and is allowed to spread more or less unchecked, infection rates will increase exponentially and then naturally flatten, decline and disappear as more people catch the disease, recover and become immune to reinfection — all without introducing a vaccine.
This method is far less reliable, however, for two reasons.
First, it only works within a relatively closed population in which new, unexposed individuals are not constantly arriving to provide fodder for hungry pathogens. Even isolated communities are not entirely safe from this risk, because "children are not born with immunity," Hunter said. "Many diseases that we would expect to die out because of herd immunity stay around because there are just enough newborns coming into the population to keep the disease going."

Second, herd immunity by acquired infection only takes hold if a sufficient proportion of the population actually contracts the disease,this is not a foregone conclusion....

is_that_so wrote: »

Have we not had the mysterious texter's daily tally yet?

I'm not mysterious in anyway,
I put today's numbers up this morning,

is_that_so wrote: »

You'd have sympathy for utterly convinced people like him when they realise how horribly wrong they were

He may not. These people often go the other way, he might start claiming she was poisoned in order to make a point.

seamus wrote: »

He may not. These people often go the other way, he might start claiming she was poisoned in order to make a point.

"Brian told BBC News that he “wished [he’d] listened from the beginning” and hoped his wife would forgive him
“This is a real virus that affects people differently. I can't change the past I can only live in today and make better choices for the future,” Brian explained.""

wadacrack wrote: »

Good news hopefully

https://twitter.com/VirusesImmunity/status/1297890418168860674

how is this good news exactly?

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Dublin for lockdown?

No chance

khalessi wrote: »

Ah sure it will be an Irish lockdown where people can still travel in or out for work reasons or to collect personal items

Yes "Sorry Guard, I left me notepad on The Blaskets", road trip here I come.

timmy_mallet wrote: »

Time to start living like the world is over? What you think?

No not at all, but it may well be time to stop thinking herd immunity is achievable.

Is press briefing online

wadacrack wrote: »

2) Patient had no detectable antibody at the time of reinfection but developed detectable antibody after reinfection. This is encouraging. (3/n)

does this suggest that while the antibodies were short lived after the first infection, his t-cells were ready to manufacture antibodies when reinfected? which would be great news.

or are we just seeing two completely different infections - immune responses unrelated to each other? which would not be good.

stephenjmcd wrote: »

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1297932985891790849?s=19

That's good a lot more than that were expected.

Seamai wrote: »

Is there a press briefing this evening? They seem to have become a bit hit and miss.

Yup.