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No matter how it is going for you.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/02/terminal-cancer-lockdown-death
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/02/terminal-cancer-lockdown-death
Piece about my LBS in the local news. I think Henry was on the radio yesterday as well, talking about the NHS deal. Free service, helmet, jacket and lights for NHS workers. As he mentions in the article, his wife is an infectious diseases nurse so rest assured, they are taking infection control measures very seriously.
https://www.thestar.co.uk/business/...ining-open-and-keeping-community-move-2525471
He is. Both him and Mike, the co-owner. Soundest blokes you'll ever meet.Yep he was on the breakfast show. Well what’s left of it at the moment.
Sounded like a top bloke.
I have a theory, and it’s only a theory, that those with weak immune systems are better off. The virus is new and so we won’t have immunity to it however strong our system is. What causes the problems, in the second week of infection, is the interstitial pneumonia and if you had a weak immune system you might not mount such a severe reaction, which is what has killed many people.Is it possible to have a test to find out how strong your immune system is? If we knew if it was either good,average,or poor it would help,regarding going outside,avoiding folk,wiping down surfaces etc.My thoughts are that even if there is one,it wouldn't be made widely available,as the government wouldn't want to encourage complacency from anyone tested to find they have a very good immune system and then go on to ignore advice about not passing the virus on to those with a high chance of dying from it. Have i answered my own question?
I have a theory, and it’s only a theory, that those with weak immune systems are better off. The virus is new and so we won’t have immunity to it however strong our system is. What causes the problems, in the second week of infection, is the interstitial pneumonia and if you had a weak immune system you might not mount such a severe reaction, which is what has killed many people.
My theory is unproven and I wouldn’t recommend that anyone weakens their immune system to test it out......
Although one of the complications with the pneumonia in the second week comes from the cytokine storm which happens to some patients. Having a depressed immune system might help.....although with this, the patient, as you point out might be sicker anyhow. I’m sure in the fullness of time we’ll learn the answer.Severity of infections and mortality seems to be related to low levels of CD3, CD4, and CD8 lymphocytes. The opposite of your theory.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.08.20031229v2
This would make sense as these decline in an aging sedentary population.