This thread and referenced paper is worth reading along with some of the comments and his replies. This builds on many papers early on that were pointing out lots of cross-reactive T-cell immunity potential from previous corona cold exposure.
The correct way to think about most things including immune systems (and brains ;) is that there is a normal distribution of capability. Some people have immune systems that are to immune systems as Michael Jordan is to basketball (notice how Lebron was left by the wayside on that one?). Others are constantly sick.
Then there are “high Pigpen” situations where decent immune systems get constantly exercised to be more “Michael Jordan like” such as healthcare (as this study focused on) and probably at least elementary and middle schools to some extent. That’s my take after Balloux makes a reply in the string that he guessed that 20-33% of healthcare workers in the study may have built up decent asymptomatic immunity. That makes the decently immune range fall well overlapped into the high side single standard deviation span if true!
That totally fits intuition on how this should be against a normal distribution if it exists in terms of building a larger population that don’t always get totally dunked on by Michael ;)
And now I’m wondering about my own situation with a teacher wife (and our then kids) constantly infecting me with colds and crud during middle age on top of having plenty as a youngster and young adult.
Statistically, 10-30% of those should have been coronavirus colds. But the last unmistakable cold I had was 6 years ago now being on the edge of geezerhood! But there was also that crazy “thought it was horrible wheezing something” we both got over New Year’s 18 that caused an unheard of joint Emergicare PA visit.
So: Also paging @EthicalSkeptic’s receding timeline of the ro’s appearance?
Oh, and just operating on on daily multivitamin and vitamin D oral drops since the start of the pandemic has left me without even so much as a scratchy throat along the way while at least doing all I could to continue to go to restaurants to the unusually high levels we always have…
More on those who can't seem to catch the ro...
More on those who can't seem to catch the ro...
More on those who can't seem to catch the ro...
This thread and referenced paper is worth reading along with some of the comments and his replies. This builds on many papers early on that were pointing out lots of cross-reactive T-cell immunity potential from previous corona cold exposure.
The correct way to think about most things including immune systems (and brains ;) is that there is a normal distribution of capability. Some people have immune systems that are to immune systems as Michael Jordan is to basketball (notice how Lebron was left by the wayside on that one?). Others are constantly sick.
Then there are “high Pigpen” situations where decent immune systems get constantly exercised to be more “Michael Jordan like” such as healthcare (as this study focused on) and probably at least elementary and middle schools to some extent. That’s my take after Balloux makes a reply in the string that he guessed that 20-33% of healthcare workers in the study may have built up decent asymptomatic immunity. That makes the decently immune range fall well overlapped into the high side single standard deviation span if true!
That totally fits intuition on how this should be against a normal distribution if it exists in terms of building a larger population that don’t always get totally dunked on by Michael ;)
And now I’m wondering about my own situation with a teacher wife (and our then kids) constantly infecting me with colds and crud during middle age on top of having plenty as a youngster and young adult.
Statistically, 10-30% of those should have been coronavirus colds. But the last unmistakable cold I had was 6 years ago now being on the edge of geezerhood! But there was also that crazy “thought it was horrible wheezing something” we both got over New Year’s 18 that caused an unheard of joint Emergicare PA visit.
So: Also paging @EthicalSkeptic’s receding timeline of the ro’s appearance?
Oh, and just operating on on daily multivitamin and vitamin D oral drops since the start of the pandemic has left me without even so much as a scratchy throat along the way while at least doing all I could to continue to go to restaurants to the unusually high levels we always have…