I've read that article. It is both interesting and completely unrelated to the herd immunity argument in every way. No one is arguing that t-cells do not play a role in COVID-19 immunity, but as the AUTHOR OF THE STUDY YOU'RE CITING says, it means nothing for herd immunity
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Replying to @GidMK @MichaelYeadon3 and
he actually says "Potential for cross-reactive immunity In one study, SARS-CoV-2-reactive CD4+ T cells were also identified in about 40 to 60% of unexposed individuals, suggesting cross-reactive T cell recognition between circulating ‘‘common cold’’ coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2"
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Health Nerd Retweeted Prof. Shane Crotty
Yep. And then you keep reading...https://twitter.com/profshanecrotty/status/1309170535922892807?s=20 …
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Prof. Shane Crotty @profshanecrotty7) Even IF such a pre-existing T cell immunity exists, those people are still susceptible to infection. COVID-19 disease severity for them would be less bad. Consistent with statements of CDC director Redfield and Fauci that 90% of Americans are still susceptible to infection.Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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Replying to @NewMumOnline @MichaelYeadon3 and
Health Nerd Retweeted Prof. Shane Crotty
That thread is literally misinformation Prof Crotty (THE AUTHOR OF THE STUDY) again here:https://twitter.com/profshanecrotty/status/1293344524731691008?s=20 …
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Prof. Shane Crotty @profshanecrotty1/ There are various tweets misinterpreting COVID-19 “pre-existing immunity” and making dangerous claims about herd immunity. Since many of those claims refer to our scientific papers, we will reiterate the facts.@SetteLab@ljiresearch@ScienceMagazine@CellCellPress pic.twitter.com/gCZwFMW1iUShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @GidMK @NewMumOnline and
"even if our most optimistic speculations about crossreactive T cell memory were found to be correct, it would mean that just as many people would get infected with SARS-CoV-2" ~Prof Crotty
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Replying to @GidMK @NewMumOnline and
Another question - you're relying rather heavily on Prof Crotty's papers to make this erroneous argument. Have you read them?
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Replying to @GidMK @MichaelYeadon3 and
Yes Spooky Health Nerd I have, but more's the point, the pattern the virus follows, country to country proves herd immunity. Put the papers down and look out the window
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Replying to @NewMumOnline @MichaelYeadon3 and
That's a nonsensical statement, and completely contradicted by the evidence. There is no definition of herd immunity which includes increasing numbers of cases
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Replying to @GidMK @MichaelYeadon3 and
see where you see "increasing numbers of cases" I see ~80-90% false positives. You're quite quick to say that Professor Crotty did not mean this or THAT about T cell immunity but did you see what the chap who designed the PCR test said????? Hmmmm????
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As I've shown you already, 80-90% false positives is just a myth. And not only did Mullis never say that exactly, he also said quite a few...odd thingspic.twitter.com/h105J8EmC3
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Replying to @GidMK @NewMumOnline and
But please, by all means, if you wish to keep believing total nonsense and the man who talked to glowing alien raccoons be my guest
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