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Pobeka

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14. It can be objectively measured with serum studies.

Reply to Shermann (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 17, 2021, 12:10 PM

Jul 2021

You take a volume of serum, add a known quanity of virus, and see how much falls out as a precipitate.

That measures how many of the viral particles the immune system cells recognized, attached to and neutralized.

Where it most likely gets tricky is the relationship between how much precipate is produced vs how symptomatic an individual would be is likely nonlinear, and could be different by a variant's ability to invade a cell.

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US CV-19 Fifth Wave [View all] Shermann Jul 2021 OP

Naturally acquired immunity doesn't seem to be much of a path. Phoenix61 Jul 2021 #1

I'll have to read the study Shermann Jul 2021 #3

I suppose protection could be measured with "challenge" studies Yonnie3 Jul 2021 #4

It can be objectively measured with serum studies. Pobeka Jul 2021 #14

"The number of cases and rate of exponential growth is similar to this time last year..." What? Yavin4 Jul 2021 #2

Well we are at the very beginning of the wave Shermann Jul 2021 #5

Yea, case wise we are already half way there. LisaL Jul 2021 #6

You said... Yavin4 Jul 2021 #7

Agree 100%!! beaglelover Jul 2021 #8

I think you're being to literal to what they're saying. Johonny Jul 2021 #10

Exactly. LisaL Jul 2021 #12

I posted one statistic (daily cases) and cited it (JHU) Shermann Jul 2021 #13

The US had nearly 41,000 new cases yesterday VMA131Marine Jul 2021 #9

Mother Nature is going to put on quite a show. roamer65 Jul 2021 #11