A lot of scientific findings are being reported by political journalist. I get the constraints but it just can’t be done that way. I have seen so many sharings of that article with some version of “we’re doomed.” There is something to watch there—but not really any news yet.
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Please see below from an actual expert. We really need to change how we report on all these little developments and questions. I get it, everyone is anxious right now but baseless doomsday journalism isn’t helpful. We have enough very real problems.https://twitter.com/angie_rasmussen/status/1249689642992951296 …
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Ah, here's a great piece on all that by
@mlipsitch. Folks can stop sharing the Korea article with doomsday commentary and read this instead. It's early, there is a lot of reasons to think there will be some form of immunity, but also a lot of unknowns. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/opinion/coronavirus-immunity.html …Show this thread
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okay but the article already says this: “Other experts said faulty tests may be playing a role, or remnants of the virus may still be in patients' systems but not be infectious or of danger to the host or others.”
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What's wrong with this article? It distinguishes between reactivation and reinfection. It doesn't say that reactivation, a term used by Korea's CDC, is definitely occurring. It notes that this is just one possibility under investigation.pic.twitter.com/NLdR3e1L3r
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1/ I agree with you
@LaurenWhitticom. Unless a virologist (or any other type of scientist) can definitively point to an actual study to support their stance, we must remain open to all possibilities. Because we depended on@CDCDirector,@Surgeon_General,@DrNancyM_CDC to - Show replies
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People must read beyond headline AND news must not purposely misinform w/headlines. "...the virus may have been reactivated rather than the patients being re-infected... [or] faulty tests may be playing a role, or remnants of the virus maybe not infectious or danger to others.
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I thought the WHO was doing an investigation into this? Their guidelines are that someone should only be discharged as recovered after 2 negative tests https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/11/who-looks-into-report-of-covid-patients-testing-positive-after-negative-tests …
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1 BAO MD MPH: There are simply too many variables to give you a definite answer whether the tests are unreliable, patients have more chronic infections or whether immunity is failing & patients are getting reinfected. The first thing to determine is the reliability of the test
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