Questioning Medicine

128. COVID, Coronavirus, When will it end? The Answer...

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https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/04/24/science.abb5793read an interesting paper title- Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period. Science 14 Apr 2020.First, some basics but still things that I learned: • The two corona virus currently in cirulation are HKU1 and OC43 and they are seasonal- mainly the winter months with peaks around oct, nov, dec. ; • HCoV-OC43 and HCoV-HKU1 infections, are the common circulating coronavirus and may be asymptomatic or are associated with mild to moderate upper respiratory tract illness” -- rarely do these kill you while obviously SARS-CoV-2 has been shown to be deadly even though the fast majority of people have been shown to be asymptomatic or with mild symptoms that can be controlled at home • Immunity to HKU1 and OC43 wanes fairly rapidly, over the course of about a year;https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2170159?dopt=AbstractEpidemiol Infect. 1990 Oct;105(2):435-46.“the time course of immune response to experimen