Originally Posted by Dutch


I’ll hypothesize that globally, the range of T-cell immunity to C19 (thought to have been caused by corona virus’ similar to c19, but “currently unknown to science”) ranges from region to region between roughly 40 and 60%, and that percentage is on the higher side in East Asia. So people are not getting as sick because they have immunity through previous infections.

In other words, it’s geographic, not genetic.


Yes, I agree with that. It's geographic, but it's also a matter of how crowded the living conditions are in Asia, and the consequent high viral load people have to deal with on a regular basis, I believe.

Some of my colleagues have hypothesized that the unexpectedly low rate of infection among ER staff may be due to our constant exposure to multiple viral species in much higher loads than the general population has to deal with. Could be.


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