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totodeinhere

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36. I am skeptical as well. We have seen several other stories that indicate the opposite of
Mon May 4, 2020, 01:39 PM
May 2020

what this particular study concludes.

But can those people still be infectious to other people? Botany May 2020 #1
If they just have antibodies and no active virus madville May 2020 #10
Can they use the antibodies from an immune person to develop a vaccine? forgotmylogin May 2020 #37
Great news, I think we are going to be surprised at madville May 2020 #2
the tests in CA had a lot of doubters and skepticism among the medical community stopdiggin May 2020 #41
"Impossible"?? Disaffected May 2020 #3
That's South Korea's word, not mine. Goodheart May 2020 #11
OK but, Disaffected May 2020 #12
This is 5 days old news Celerity May 2020 #21
Excellent, thanks. Disaffected May 2020 #23
even better news Celerity May 2020 #24
YES!! And that is really a breakthrough stopdiggin May 2020 #45
scammers need to be imprisoned for decades nt Celerity May 2020 #49
Does this apply to mutated versions of the virus? 33taw May 2020 #4
So far, all 33 mutated versions of the virus? BComplex May 2020 #8
I don't believe this story. 33taw May 2020 #13
Why? Do you have some research to suggest otherwise? Quixote1818 May 2020 #29
No. Just a lot of conflicting stories. Just doesn't ring true to me. 33taw May 2020 #31
I am skeptical as well. We have seen several other stories that indicate the opposite of totodeinhere May 2020 #36
It's mutating very slowly. Because of this a vaccine will probably cover all the versions Quixote1818 May 2020 #27
Really good news if it means that a vaccine will give you permanent immunity...... EarnestPutz May 2020 #5
Now if only we had something to give us permanent immunity from anti-vaxxers. Aristus May 2020 #7
I'm afraid to think about all the noise that the anti-vaxxers will make.... EarnestPutz May 2020 #14
I think flu-shots (vaccines) have always been optional. forgotmylogin May 2020 #38
not the same thing as the childhood vaccination issue (nt) stopdiggin May 2020 #50
Oh, definitely. You're right. forgotmylogin May 2020 #62
Yesterday a RW girl told me safeinOhio May 2020 #40
But for how long? Some immunities are permanent but others aren't. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #6
Nice headline. Will hold out for more info before I dump my protections... Wounded Bear May 2020 #9
The antibody test gives many false positives. King of the sheep May 2020 #15
Last I heard was there are 14 tests out there Takket May 2020 #20
It's Roche. nt Phoenix61 May 2020 #22
link ohtransplant May 2020 #16
Excellent. Thanks. Goodheart May 2020 #17
So, there are two problems still: King of the sheep May 2020 #19
Roche has a test that is 99.8% accurate Phoenix61 May 2020 #25
Figured that was the case Takket May 2020 #18
If accurate this is great news of course. yonder May 2020 #26
Very encouraging, but I'll wait for peer review/confirmation by the WHO nt Shermann May 2020 #28
John Oliver reported that up to 50% of the anti-body tests are bogus Greybnk48 May 2020 #30
yes. and let's point out again that BOTH false positive and negative stopdiggin May 2020 #52
This is breathless. Igel May 2020 #53
Now, instead of the flu, the covidiots will compare it to chicken pox. CaptYossarian May 2020 #32
Well, this isn't a full blown study, no one has any idea how long immunization will last nt yaesu May 2020 #33
I'm not so sure about that Shermann May 2020 #39
I hope that this information is accurate, but I would approach it with caution. totodeinhere May 2020 #34
I hope they are correct. I feel like some poeple want them to be wrong though. EllieBC May 2020 #35
+1 llmart May 2020 #42
Yup. EllieBC May 2020 #43
I wonder how many of them previously said they believe in science. Ace Rothstein May 2020 #44
True. llmart May 2020 #51
I have not seen any of that. nt USALiberal May 2020 #46
I'm less charitable. Igel May 2020 #54
+1 nt Quixote1818 May 2020 #58
What has WHO got to say about it? Ford_Prefect May 2020 #47
I take the S. Koreans at their word. Igel May 2020 #56
Agree. nt Quixote1818 May 2020 #59
I have not doubted the efficacy or integrity of the Korean testing. I asked that more testing Ford_Prefect May 2020 #60
The WHO's message was pretty muddled. Go to the 7 minute level of this video Quixote1818 May 2020 #57
The antibody tests are currently very unreliable. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity May 2020 #55
I hope it pans out this way, that would be great! Meowmee May 2020 #61
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