Coronavirus thread - 19/10/2020 - The Day Ireland Died

[PhattPike]

@TreatyStones

The code for the Irish Covid App has been donated to an Open Source foundation by the state and is being re-used by a number of different jurisdictions in the US.

All 50,000 lines of it?

[Ambrose_McNulty]

@TreatyStones

The code for the Irish Covid App has been donated to an Open Source foundation by the state and is being re-used by a number of different jurisdictions in the US

Ya right, like the time they told us they were able to sell Fair City abroad.

[EstebanSexface]

Alaska and Hawaii.

[jellyfish]

Someone told me if you’re asymptomatic with Covid you don’t develop the antibodies.

[myboyblue]

@jellyfish

Someone told me if you’re asymptomatic with Covid you don’t develop the antibodies.

Is this the same fella @peddlerscross talks to?

[jellyfish]

No idea, it was a work contact in the UK who is sure he must have had Covid but no symptoms as the other half had it. Was told the antibody test mightn’t be any use.

[Spidey]

Have you contacted Dr Tony with this groundbreaking info?

[Juhniallio]

@jellyfish

Someone told me if you’re asymptomatic with Covid you don’t develop the antibodies.

Ah for fucks sake. Have you waved Kryptonite in front of a badger and tested him for superwowtivity lately?

[jellyfish]

I see there are strong feelings in here regarding antibodies.

[Tierneevin1979]

Likely incorrect. People who are asymptomatic are infected and shed virus, they just have a weaker immune response and when tested have much lower level of antibodies. Remember that by and large it’s the immune response that makes people sick, so being positive but having no symptoms indicates a weak immune response.

[EstebanSexface]

Doesn’t that make a vaccine dangerous, if the immune response is more responsible for damage?

[ironmoth]

@Tierneevin1979

being positive but having no symptoms indicates a weak immune response

This is not entirely true. The PCR test could indicate the existence of incomplete traces of a virus, which does not mean the person is infected. Hence the elevated false positives. The PCR is simply not a diagnostic test. Every reference to “positive” tests should carry a disclaimer.

[Juhniallio]

@Tierneevin1979

Likely incorrect. People who are asymptomatic are infected and shed virus, they just have a weaker immune response and when tested have much lower level of antibodies. Remember that by and large it’s the immune response that makes people sick, so being positive but having no symptoms indicates a weak immune response.

I’ve just read this. In fact I’ve read it twice. It blew my mind, and then I thought… nah… that’s just bollox…

[Tierneevin1979]

No (in theory at least), because the vaccine trains the immune system to respond to effectively a minor infection so it has the right antibodies or T cells to respond to a real infection. The issue with Covid for many people is it is a new pathogen, so the immune system throws everything it can at it (cytokine storm).

[Tierneevin1979]

No, it’s accurate. Do you want the relevant scientific research to back it up?

[ironmoth]

It indicates your test is a load of shit.

[Tierneevin1979]

Did you read that on Zero Hedge?

[ironmoth]

Yes. It was in the comments section on the article you PM’d me.

[Juhniallio]

@Tierneevin1979

No, it’s accurate. Do you want the relevant scientific research to back it up?

Yes i’d love it. But are you not about to reference some evidence about how extreme immune reactions can lead to aggressive auto immune responses which are more damaging than the virus itself.
But that it’s just that, extremely rare, and not a matter of course as your post suggests.

[Tim_Riggins]

I’m pretty sure he’s correct. It’s the immune system overreacting that is causing the worst symptoms. The wording might seem counter initiative…: