Omicron now

[Robbie Barrett]

Can't resist when the CEO of Pfizer says we'll be back to normal by spring.

Do you agree with him?

Did you read the article at all. He said it because of new treatments coming.

[Robbie Barrett]

no its not, i said im not posting any more then i check notifications and someones demanding to know if im vaccinated or not, do we need a vaccine pass to access the lounge now or something? as the other guy said, take your boosters and shut the **** up.

You didn't even know people could get reinfected, why are you even here discussing this when you don't know basic **** like that?

[Robbie Barrett]

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much uncertainty about how long immunity lasts after an unvaccinated person is infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Now, scientists at the and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have an answer: Strong protection following natural infection is short-lived.

"Reinfection can reasonably happen in three months or less," said Jeffrey Townsend of Yale, the study's lead author. "Therefore, those who have been naturally infected should get vaccinated. Previous infection alone can offer very little long-term protection against subsequent infections."

The study, published in the journal , is the first to determine the likelihood of reinfection following natural infection and without vaccination.

The team analyzed known reinfection and immunological data from the close viral relatives of SARS-CoV-2 that cause common colds, along with immunological data from SARS-CoV-1 and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. Leveraging evolutionary principles, the team was able to model the risk of COVID-19 reinfection over time.

Reinfections can and have happened even shortly after recovery, the researchers said. And they will become increasingly common as immunity wanes and new SARS-CoV-2 variants arise.

"We tend to think about immunity as being immune or not immune, but our study cautions that instead we should be more focused on the risk of reinfection through time," said Alex Dornburg of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, who co-led the study. "As new variants arise, previous immune responses become less effective at combating the virus. Those who were naturally infected early in the pandemic are increasingly likely to become reinfected in the near future."

The team's model reveals striking reinfection similarities over time between SARS-CoV-2 and endemic coronaviruses.

"Just like common colds, from one year to the next you may get reinfected with the same virus," Townsend said. "The difference is that, during its emergence in this pandemic, COVID-19 has proven to be much more deadly."

A hallmark of the modern world is the evolution of new threats to human health, Townsend said. Evolutionary biology -- which provided the theoretical foundations for these analyses -- is traditionally considered a historical discipline.

"However, our findings underscore its important role in informing decision-making, and provide a crucial steppingstone to knowledge of our prospects of resistance to SARS-CoV-2 reinfection," he said.

[Robbie Barrett]

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much uncertainty about how long immunity lasts after an unvaccinated person is infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Now, scientists at the and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have an answer: Strong protection following natural infection is short-lived.

"Reinfection can reasonably happen in three months or less," said Jeffrey Townsend of Yale, the study's lead author. "Therefore, those who have been naturally infected should get vaccinated. Previous infection alone can offer very little long-term protection against subsequent infections."

The study, published in the journal , is the first to determine the likelihood of reinfection following natural infection and without vaccination.

The team analyzed known reinfection and immunological data from the close viral relatives of SARS-CoV-2 that cause common colds, along with immunological data from SARS-CoV-1 and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. Leveraging evolutionary principles, the team was able to model the risk of COVID-19 reinfection over time.

Reinfections can and have happened even shortly after recovery, the researchers said. And they will become increasingly common as immunity wanes and new SARS-CoV-2 variants arise.

"We tend to think about immunity as being immune or not immune, but our study cautions that instead we should be more focused on the risk of reinfection through time," said Alex Dornburg of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, who co-led the study. "As new variants arise, previous immune responses become less effective at combating the virus. Those who were naturally infected early in the pandemic are increasingly likely to become reinfected in the near future."

The team's model reveals striking reinfection similarities over time between SARS-CoV-2 and endemic coronaviruses.

"Just like common colds, from one year to the next you may get reinfected with the same virus," Townsend said. "The difference is that, during its emergence in this pandemic, COVID-19 has proven to be much more deadly."

A hallmark of the modern world is the evolution of new threats to human health, Townsend said. Evolutionary biology -- which provided the theoretical foundations for these analyses -- is traditionally considered a historical discipline.

"However, our findings underscore its important role in informing decision-making, and provide a crucial steppingstone to knowledge of our prospects of resistance to SARS-CoV-2 reinfection," he said.

Natural immunity lasts 3 months, that's about the same ad the Jab. Natural immunity though.

[Madison Boxing]

You didn't even know people could get reinfected, why are you even here discussing this when you don't know basic **** like that?

yes i did u clown, just said if youve been infected once the second time isnt going to be worse so theres nothing to worry about, read the damn bmj links i just put in

[man down]

Did you read the article at all. He said it because of new treatments coming.

Of course I did. So in a few months everyone will receive this treatment? Last I checked their pills are very limited.

So how will it end in a few months?

[Robbie Barrett]

Of course I did. So in a few months everyone will receive this treatment? Last I checked their pills are very limited.

So how will it end in a few months?

Why are you asking me to answer for the pfizer guy?

He didn't say it will end, he said we'll be back to normal. We were back to normal last year for a while too.

[Madison Boxing]

Natural immunity lasts 3 months, that's about the same ad the Jab. Natural immunity though.

read the bmj one you clown, once you get a virus you have protection against it in the future unless it changes a huge amount, thats why you dont get flu every winter, or same virus's over and over again. why do you think this virus is any different? dont need ****ing artificial **** every 3 months to 'top it up', yea maybe you might get technically 'reinfected' but its going to be weaker than the first time round. governments are literally putting up graphs bragging about how many people have had the vaccine as they think it reflects well on them, thats why they are telling everyone to have it, also theyve bought the doses so they need to use them up.

[man down]

Why are you asking me to answer for the pfizer guy?

He didn't say it will end, he said we'll be back to normal. We were back to normal last year for a while too.

I'm not asking you to do anything but think. 4 months we'll be in spring. They won't have billions of pills by then. So how will we be back to normal?

Lol now last year is normal? Is normal now wearing a mask and having to be vaxxed to keep your job? Eat out?

Save it, you're stepping all over yourself now. Last year we were back to normal for a while? Haha, when? Where? Just stop, you do understand how ridiculous you sound right? "We were back to normal for a while" lol just stop.

[Madison Boxing]

Why are you asking me to answer for the pfizer guy?

He didn't say it will end, he said we'll be back to normal. We were back to normal last year for a while too.

and barrett, i had the virus right near the start about two years ago, been in constant contact with people, worked whole way through,not been jabbed, if the natural immunity goes after 3 months how have i not had it 7 or 8 times? you could say im a freak case but surely there would be lots cases of unvaxxed getting it at least 4 or 5 times