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To: ajtj99 who wrote (18046)	2/15/2021 11:10:45 AM
From: Qone0	2 Recommendations Recommended By Fiscally Conservative Sun Tzu Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97558

I think these mutations are the virus's dying gasp. I believe it hit herd immunity at 250k cases a day. coronavirus.jhu.edu Why The Pandemic Is 10 Times Worse Than You Think Now a research team at Columbia University has built a mathematical model that gives a much more complete — and scary — picture of how much virus is circulating in our communities. It estimates how many people are never counted because they never get tested. And it answers a second question that is arguably even more crucial — but that until now has not been reliably estimated: On any given day, what is the total number of people who are actively infectious? This includes those who may have been infected on previous days but are still shedding virus and capable of spreading disease. The model's conclusion: On any given day, the actual number of active cases — people who are newly infected or still infectious — is likely 10 times that day's official number of reported cases. The model has not been published or peer-reviewed yet, but lead researcher, Jeffrey Shaman, an infectious disease specialist at Columbia University, shared the data exclusively with NPR. Here are more of the startling takeaways. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/06/964527835/why-the-pandemic-is-10-times-worse-than-you-think The first case of COVID-19 in United States was reported 389 days ago on 1/21/2020. Since then, the country has reported 27,640,282 cases, and 485,336 deaths. Times this number by 10 and you have herd immunity.

To: ajtj99 who wrote (18046)	2/15/2021 3:03:21 PM
From: Sun Tzu	1 Recommendation Recommended By ajtj99 Respond to of 97558

FYI - SCIENCEThe Body Is Far From Helpless Against Coronavirus Variants The virus is evolving, but the antibodies that fight it can change, too. KATHERINE J. WUFEBRUARY 12, 2021 ... The large majority of B cells won’t be triggered by the chunks of virus shuttled in during any given infection. But the few that are will begin to rapidly copy themselves in hopes of joining the fray. Some will immediately transform into antibody factories, pumping out gobs of the Y-shaped molecules to run rapid viral interference. Others, however, will remain in the lymph nodes to further study the virus. Here they will split themselves into more B cells, deliberately introducing errors into their genetic code. If the original genetic scramble created antibodies prepared to take on all manner of pathogens, these random but more subtle tweaks have a chance of enhancing the ability to vanquish the specific virus at hand. The process is a bit like evolution on steroids: Mediocrity gets repeatedly weeded out, leaving only the sharpest and strongest killers behind. By the time a virus has vacated the body, the antibodies being produced against it are, on average, more precise and potent. Much of this painstaking refinement continues after the virus itself is gone: Certain innate cells will cling to scraps of viral corpses—macabre souvenirs of maladies past—to keep the B cells’ boot camp open in the lymph nodes. In a study published last month in the journal Nature, researchers found that the antibodies of COVID-19 survivors continue to strengthen their grip on the coronavirus for several months. ... theatlantic.com