Coronavirus

[mikechamp]

I would think if you have natural immunity (due to surviving it) and are also vaccinated, that would be the best defense.

Not that people are getting it on purpose, nor am I suggesting people should, since natural immunity is clearly the riskier way to build your defenses.

[Jocephus]

[GeddyWrox]

Whoops

[CardsofSTL]

Karma gets us all in the end.

[Arthur Dent]

I have some sympathy for the didn’t get vaccinated because I had COVID view, at least to the extent that it is for people who had confirmed COVID. Lot of people convince themselves they’ve already been through it for understandable anxiety management reasons. I would still probably still do it since vaccination is not actually risky.

But more to the point, isn’t long lasting natural immunity good news? I would think so. Looks like we will all be getting COVID at some point, so it it would be good if it resulted in high quality immunity. It should go without saying that acquiring this additional immunity after the benefit of vaccination is hugely better for the individual and the society.

[heyzeus]

This is my case. We won this round, but the fight is far from over.

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/20 ... 624571001/

[Jocephus]

hell yeah dude, have a drink

[ghostrunner]

This is the best ivermectin summary article I’ve read yet and answers some questions I’ve had.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08 ... art-covid/

Amid the pandemic, researchers highlighted data suggesting that ivermectin might also have antiviral activity. And preliminary data suggested that the drug could thwart the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2—at least in petri dishes. Specifically, ivermectin appeared to block critical intracellular transport proteins that SARS-CoV-2 uses to invade human cells. The drug may also interfere with the virus' ability to latch onto human cells with its spike protein.

COVID concerns

But the petri dish data has yet to translate into any convincing clinical data that the drug is actually useful against COVID-19 in whole people. Studies in humans have been small and produced inconsistent results. Meta-analyses aimed at weeding out potential clinical benefits have struggled with faulty data, and some have been retracted.

Additionally, researchers have reason to doubt that further research will prove ivermectin is effective against COVID-19. As the National Institutes of Health notes in its clinical guidance, drug studies suggest that getting blood concentrations of ivermectin high enough to replicate the SARS-CoV-2-thwarting effects seen in petri dishes would "require administration of doses up to 100-fold higher than those approved for use in humans."

[GeddyWrox]

This is my case. We won this round, but the fight is far from over.

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/20 ... 624571001/

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[GeddyWrox]