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pb21

pb21

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Apr 23, 2010
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The Wizard said:
Interesting article in the mail *faints*

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rus-infecting-61-000-people-WEEK-England.html

The ‘leaked’ antibodies analysis appears to suggest the virus is most prevalent in people in their twenties but highly under reported because people seem to have no/such minor symptoms they didn’t even know they had it.

Also Spain deaths and cases continue to fall :clap2:
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Kind of good news, but, it does say:

"The preliminary study by PHE showed that more than 10 per cent of 17 to 29-year-olds in the capital appeared to have been infected by the middle of April.

And the second highest level of infection was in the next age group, between 30 and 39."

That would suggest the national figure is under 10%, which I would say, unfortunately, isn't positive news?
 


LamieRobertson

LamieRobertson

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Feb 3, 2008
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Postman Pat said:
Can people who recover from COVID-19 get it again or do they become immune?

That’s been one of the most urgent questions raised by health experts during the coronavirus pandemic, because the answer has sweeping implications. If the antibodies that people produce to fight off the virus do make them immune, they can resume their lives after recovery without fear of reinfection. It also increases the likelihood that scientists can create a vaccine to trigger a similar immune response.

Now research teams led by a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center vaccine specialist have published two studies of laboratory monkeys that suggest the answer is yes ― antibodies do provide protection, whether they are triggered by an infection or a vaccine.

Both studies, which appear to be among the first peer-reviewed papers studying immunity to COVID-19 in primates, were published Wednesday in the journal Science.

Dr. Dan Barouch, head of Beth Israel’s Center for Virology and Vaccine Research and lead author of the studies, said more research must be done to determine whether the findings apply to humans. But he’s hopeful, given that humans and rhesus macaque monkeys share 93 percent of the same genetic makeup.

“We have to be careful about making predictions for humans,” said Barouch, who is also affiliated with the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard University. "But I can say these data increase our optimism that natural immunity and vaccine-induced immunity can be achieved in humans.”

Neither study determined whether the immunity response is permanent or how long it may last. Still, other vaccine experts were buoyed by the findings.

Dr. Louis Picker, associate director of the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute at Oregon Health & Science University, said the studies “convinced me that this is an infection that will be controllable with vaccination.”

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05...ity/?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true
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That last paragraph provides hope as well
 




P

Postman Pat

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Jul 24, 2007
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Antibody tests will be available on the NHS following an agreement between the government and pharmaceutical firm Roche, Downing Street has said.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock will set out further details later about a deal on the supply of the tests after negotiations were carried out.

The prime minister's official spokesman told reporters: "The tests will be free for people who need them, as you would expect.

"NHS and care workers will be prioritised for the tests."

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...deal-made-with-roche-government-says-11992225

Would like to have a test for this if I was able, once the key workers and at risk are done.
 




Mellotron

Mellotron

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Jul 2, 2008
32,681
Brighton
Postman Pat said:
Antibody tests will be available on the NHS following an agreement between the government and pharmaceutical firm Roche, Downing Street has said.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock will set out further details later about a deal on the supply of the tests after negotiations were carried out.

The prime minister's official spokesman told reporters: "The tests will be free for people who need them, as you would expect.

"NHS and care workers will be prioritised for the tests."

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...deal-made-with-roche-government-says-11992225

Would like to have a test for this if I was able, once the key workers and at risk are done.
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That's a hard one to define. Everyone could do with a test, frankly. What counts as "need"? Obviously key workers, NHS and the vulnerable first, but who after that?

Good news though, of course. Could be vitally important in pushing out of lockdown earlier and more confidently.
 




Badger Boy

Badger Boy

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Jan 28, 2016
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Mellotron said:
That's a hard one to define. Everyone could do with a test, frankly. What counts as "need"? Obviously key workers, NHS and the vulnerable first, but who after that?

Good news though, of course. Could be vitally important in pushing out of lockdown earlier and more confidently.
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This is a good question - how should it be determined who gets tested in what priority. Personally, I think that the hardest hit towns and cities should be tested in order to start painting a picture in the most severely hit places down to places where there haven't been so many problems.
 






southstandandy

southstandandy

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Jul 9, 2003
6,276
My sister working at the B.R.I in Bristol says they now only have 16 Covid patients in the entire hospital and no new case in 2 weeks. 12 of the 16 have recovered and are just waiting to be allowed to return to the care homes they came from. Definite regional disparities across the country.

Oh, and I still havent had to fill the car up with fuel in 2 months now - saved a fortune.
 


Guinness Boy

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Jul 23, 2003
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Thanks to Bozza for putting me onto this chap's youtube channel. I'll just post it with the comment that he says "good news" and "remarkably good news" several times.

 
















JC Footy Genius

JC Footy Genius

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Jun 9, 2015
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dazzer6666 said:
Anyone else sensing the positive is just starting to at least compete with the negative?
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But not on NSC :wink:

More good news, the family member I mentioned in my other post on this thread had the operation which went well, was also tested for the virus two days before entering the hospital as a precaution. Very efficient and professional care at all stages all postponed appointments have now been fulfilled :thumbsup:
 


Bozza

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Jul 4, 2003
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Open all the pubs NOW...

There is a "strong possibility" that pubs and restaurants could safely reopen now, an Oxford scientist has suggested.

Sunetra Gupta, a professor of Theoretical Epidemiology, at the University of Oxford, called for a "rapid exit" from the coronavirus lockdown, saying that the outbreak was already "on the way out".

She told the Unherd website there was a "strong possibility" that the hospitality industry could reopen without risking a second wave of the virus.​

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/...ly-reopen-oxford-scientist-says-a4447841.html

(Also covered in the Telegraph but behind a paywall)
 






Guinness Boy

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