[Info-vax] [Totally OT] Covid-19, was: Re: Creating an open source version of VMS, was: Re: OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/16/2020 4:02 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <hd9or2Fiqa2U2 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon
> <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
>> I heard a report on the news over here (being from our typical
>> media must be taken with a very large grain of salt) that UK
>> officials want everyone to get at least a mild case of the
>> virus so that they develop natural antibodies to prevent a
>> recurrence.
> 
> Yes, Boris Johnson.  What did you expect?  First, it is not clear if one
> can influence whether one gets a mild case.  Second, it is not clear
> what fraction of those would be immune.  There are certainly cases of
> people getting infected more than once.

There are reports of that.

But there are some skepticism about whether that is actually the
case.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/487436-can-you-get-coronavirus-twice

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/29/health/coronavirus-reinfection.html

Arne