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'Are you immune?' The new class system that could shape the Covid-19 world
Are you immune? The new class system that could shape the Covid-19 world
Experts suspect but there is no proof that antibodies will confer immunity. The implications could be wide-ranging
(Guardian UK) Scrolling through Airbnbs in Brooklyn, one listing stands out. IMMUNE HOST, claims the heading in caps. Among photos of rooftop sunsets and interiors, lies something else unexpected a picture of a positive antibody test.
Host Martin Eaton says he got tested a few weeks after getting sick with what he suspected was Covid-19 in March. When the results came back positive, he decided to include it in his profile to attract reservations.
If I was having to travel to New York Id prefer staying with somebody who had the antibodies versus somebody who didnt, says the 48-year-old writer. So far, he adds, its proved pretty successful.
In the absence of a vaccine, immunity is emerging as a potential key to resuming normal life after the pandemic leading some to believe that testing positive may not be such a bad thing. Providing they survive, they will at least - they hope - be immune. But as states and countries slowly reopen businesses to the public, how important will it be? ...........(more)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/10/are-you-immune-the-new-class-system-that-could-shape-the-covid-19-world
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'Are you immune?' The new class system that could shape the Covid-19 world (Original Post)
marmar
Jun 2020
OP
Me.
(35,454 posts)1. But Are You Actually Immune?
some say yes, some say no
intrepidity
(7,335 posts)2. Coming soon: a hot market for counterfeit test results nt
JustGene
(421 posts)3. It seems
that dividing, classifying, labelling, and othering in general has reached a new
high in the human race.
Is this the "trait" that ends us?
Sometimes it seems to be impossible to overcome this.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)4. So now if you're smart and do all you're supposed to & are lucky...
enough to avoid getting the virus you could be isolated in a whole new way. Lovely