I'd like to think that, once those of us lucky enough not to be in a higher risk group (in which, fingers crossed, I count myself being a couple of years or so under 60 in, touch wood, reasonable health) have contracted covid19 and recovered, we'd stick around and help relatives, friends, neighbours etc who may be less fortunate. We're all in it together and will need to act responsibly to ensure we get out of it together.
I’m a little bit concerned about all the talk of herd immunity. Firstly, I’m not a medical person or even a virologist – I’m just a concerned individual who’s reading stuff and scratching his wee heid a little.
So, we have a brand-new virus doing the rounds. It’s highly infectious and flu like in its behaviour. We have no vaccine and nobody has any immunity whatsoever.
So, considering this is a brand new (for humans) virus then how do we know that anybody who gets infected and recovers has any real long-term immunity? Immunity is an assumption.
From what I have read, those recovered will have initial immunity, and the hope is that it will be long lasting immunity.
So, think about another virus that many of us are familiar with – Norovirus – I’ve contracted it in the past. I’m sure my GP told me after I had recovered that I had a good solid 3 months immunity. The interweb seems to suggest that immunity to Norovirus is 6 – 24 mnths.
We are told to listen to the experts. I’m a little concerned that our government experts seem to be planning based on an assumption.