Worried About Corona Virus- thread 33

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Hopefully that test as mentioned in guardian will link up to King's college thing so they can identify hotpots

The test can show it, but are we confident that means we're immune??

@MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet One thing it tells us is that you survived it.
And let’s HCP go back to work.

I don't understand how if you've had the virus can lead to normality because we could still carry it on us and pass to those who haven't had it!

Horehound you stop being infectious

What time do we think

a the figures will be updated today

and

b the daily briefing will be ?

But you could carry it on your skin/clothes etc? Like I mean you could pick up molecules being out of the house then bring it into someone else's home?

I think Boris will be on at 5 as usual.

Self employed help needs to be addressed.

Oh right yes I see what you mean. Lower risk but not sure how low.

I guess so - I just wondered whether:

1. if you've had it, couldn't you still be susceptible to a different strain

and

2. as far as I'm aware, there's no evidence that having had it makes you immune, and there have been cases of people catching it twice.

So I guess my concern would be people latching onto this as a miracle solution, when we're not 100% clear that having had it is any protection?

Skittlesss I don't think I live next to you, clearly more than one neighbour with a cough 😁

Do we deffo know that once you had it you are immune?

It's not v usual though - yesterday the briefing started before 4.30 and was Mat Hancock and ? Sunday was it ( the days are all the same ) we found out about 4pm that it eas to be a statement by BJ at 8.30 .

I just wish we could be told by midday when it was likely to be and who was doing it .

@MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet I read (can't remember where) that there were some false positives from one of the tests caused by people having had a similar sars corona virus. Some of them who then went on to have Covid19 appeared then to have had it twice.

It's all so new, the information changes constantly.

The Gusrdian says self employed package being announced on Thursday .

We can't not develop any immunity to a natural virus but who knows how long that will last plus mutations. Looking at SARS might give an idea

There is some evidence that you have immunity. There is a podcast (in German) by Christian Drosten, a German virologist who developed the original test for Covid 19. They injected the virus into some apes (poor apes) and the apes got sick and then recovered. They then reinfected them with a massive dose of the virus and they did not get ill.

He doesn’t mention it in the interview below, but he is worth reading (there are four pages). He is confident that if you have antibodies you are immune

www.zeit.de/wissen/gesundheit/2020-03/christian-drosten-coronavirus-pandemic-germany-virologist-charite

The test will not be for general public just yet. Said on the news just there

The Gusrdian says self employed package being announced on Thursday

Do you think that's when they will announce tougher measures? There are still too many taking the piss.

Our local wood posted pictures on Facebook today of a packed carpark and large groups of people picnicking. Families had also just hopped over the padlocked fence to swarm the playground. They were pleading for people to stay local and stop driving to the park.

It says the queen is in good health but if doesn't actually say if she is positive or not!

as far as I'm aware, there's no evidence that having had it makes you immune

I must say I'm not expert, but surely the reason that anyone recovers from any virus, is because their body has produced enough antibodies to fight it? If you don't do this, then you die? So anyone who has had it and has recovered is definitely immune? But as others have said, mutations would screw this up.

Is Boris shagging Laura K? He always goes to her first preferential treatment!

Good point Hore

Not much said in briefing tonight. They probably don't need one every day now?

Think even Boris might be too busy for affairs ATM.