About that herd immunity

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The study found that just 5% of those tested across the country maintained antibodies to the virus, in findings published by the medical journal The Lancet.

The study also found that 14% of people who had tested positive for coronavirus antibodies in the first round of testing no longer tested positive in subsequent tests carried out weeks later.

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"Immunity can be incomplete, it can be transitory, it can last for just a short time and then disappear," Raquel Yotti, the director of Spain's Carlos III Health Institute, which helped conduct the study, said.

Other researchers said the study corroborated findings elsewhere that immunity to the virus might not be long-lasting in people who develop only mild or no symptoms.

"No symptoms suggests a mild infection, which never really gets the immune system going well enough to generate immunological 'memory,'" Ian Jones, a professor of virology at the University of Reading, said.

Jones added: "Anyone who tests positive by antibody test should not assume they are protected. They may be, but it is not clear."

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So if you get it bad, you probably will develop some long-lasting antibodies, but if are asymptomatic (or have very mild symptoms), you probably won't have long-lasting antibodies.

The vast majority of people who get Covid (who are not old or don't have serious other problems), are asymptomatic or have very mild symptoms.

Those of you screaming for herd immunity, may need to re-think that.

We are going to just have to find a way to live with this, and when the vaccine comes, take the goddamn shot, if you ever want to be able to hang out with your elderly grandparents or your fat friends.