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Swine Flu Super-immunity

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Postspecific · 03/04/2020 11:21

Can anyone shed any anecdotal light on this? This was first reported on in 2011 - it talks about how people who contracted Swine Flu appear(ed) to have super immunity to a range of other flu viruses. Just wondering if anyone who’s had Swine Flu has also had Coronavirus?

www.nhs.uk/news/heart-and-lungs/immune-response-to-swine-flu-extraordinary/

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ErrolTheDragon · 03/04/2020 11:26

Whether that's correct or not re swine flu antibodies protecting against a range of influenza strains, it has no relevance to Coronavirus which belongs to a completely different class of virus.

LefttoherownDevizes · 03/04/2020 11:32

That's interesting as ds11 got swine flu when he was little and was v ill try is the only one of us that appears not to have had Corona. I just assumed as he's the youngest he may have had it and been asymptomatic , the other 4 of us have had it and didn't have swine flu.

ErrolTheDragon · 03/04/2020 11:41

Or maybe the rest of you had some type of flu, not Coronavirus?

The article is interesting re flu vaccines but in the context of CV it's analogous to having a master key to a completely different door.

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Postspecific · 03/04/2020 11:46

@ErrolTheDragon So any comparison to Flu is actually totally misplaced for this one? Is that fair to say? Is swine flu a coronavirus? (Sorry - I can read up on this.)

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ErrolTheDragon · 03/04/2020 11:49

So any comparison to Flu is actually totally misplaced for this one? Is that fair to say?

Yes

Is swine flu a coronavirus?

No.

But I did find your link interesting!

LefttoherownDevizes · 03/04/2020 11:51

Given DH and I were both working with confirmed cases it's pretty likely we have had it. We will never know re DS I guess though

Camomila · 03/04/2020 11:51

Flu is caused by influenza viruses (usually influenza A or influenza B), not a type of corona virus.

FWIW I had flu during the swine flu pandemic, and have now probably got coronavirus (or flu again, who knows?)

FloraGreysteel · 03/04/2020 11:52

I had swine flu and I've just had coronavirus.

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Postspecific · 03/04/2020 12:47

Fair enough. And sorry to those of you feeling poorly - Hope you feel better soon.

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Crayfishforyou · 03/04/2020 13:12

Bunkum I'm afraid
I have corona virus and I had swine flu.
I was really really ill with swine flu

jellybean85 · 03/04/2020 13:42

I had swine flue and almost certainly just getting over coronavirus although not hospitalised so no test, I had fever, cough, agonising sore throat chest and general body pains along with funky conjunctivitis eye and loss of taste. Sadly although it would be nice to find a magic answer I don't think this is it 😞

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