D&D and the rising pandemic

[Umbran]

Does a positive antibody test generally mean the infection is over and done with? Or does it simply indicate exposure, so any given positive result might either asymptomatic/recovered or a future illness or death?

No, not at all. There is a separate test that detects presence of viral RNA to see if you are currently infected.

 

[Umbran]

I've seen nothing in the articles you cited and your reasoning to believe that losing immunity to the flu in 6 months is more about #1 than #2.

Some antigen shift is possible, and may account for some of the loss of effectiveness.

However, it is noted in the article I linked that vaccine effectiveness has been seen to drop with time more quickly in older people than in younger people. That can't be due to antigen shift, or any quality of the virus, but instead must lie in the human immune system, and how those systems in young folks keep it up better than those of older folks.

 

[Umbran]

Reporters also ask some stupid questions. Our PM point blank answered a question and then they hit her with variants and got the same answer.

It isn't stupid. It is a form of probing, a fairly standard interview technique. If you ask the same question in different ways, and the answer changes, that is an indication that the subject's story is made up, and they aren't keeping it straight.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It isn't stupid. It is a form of probing, a fairly standard interview technique. If you ask the same question in different ways, and the answer changes, that is an indication that the subject's story is made up, and they aren't keeping it straight.

You see it a lot on polls & questionnaires. I know of one particular political poll that asked the same question 3 different ways, and got 3 answers that were significantly different from each other.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The things you never think of because you are who you are and not someone else:

Trader Joe's employee who is deaf overcomes struggle to communicate with customers in masks

Matthew Simmons praises his coworkers and customers while overcoming communication obstacles put forth by coronavirus safety protocols.

www.yahoo.com

 

[FrogReaver]

It isn't stupid. It is a form of probing, a fairly standard interview technique. If you ask the same question in different ways, and the answer changes, that is an indication that the subject's story is made up, and they aren't keeping it straight.

And that's your justification of it? The press aren't interrogators. They shouldn't be using interrogation techniques to ask questions at a press conference. It's downright hostile - no matter which political party or individual it's directed at.

 

[FrogReaver]

You see it a lot on polls & questionnaires. I know of one particular political poll that asked the same question 3 different ways, and got 3 answers that were significantly different from each other.

Isn't that because they realize that the way they ask questions about your opinions and thoughts and feelings often change regarding how they word the question? I've typically seen that done and then the score for that parameter was a combined function of all the similar questions.

 

[FrogReaver]

Some antigen shift is possible, and may account for some of the loss of effectiveness.

However, it is noted in the article I linked that vaccine effectiveness has been seen to drop with time more quickly in older people than in younger people. That can't be due to antigen shift, or any quality of the virus, but instead must lie in the human immune system, and how those systems in young folks keep it up better than those of older folks.

This is a good point - though I would have to look at the study again to make sure it was set up in such a way that such a conclusion could be drawn. Depending on exact setup it potentially could be attributed solely to young people having better immune systems absent any vaccine provided immunity/resistance.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

And that's your justification of it? The press aren't interrogators. They shouldn't be using interrogation techniques to ask questions at a press conference. It's downright hostile - no matter which political party or individual it's directed at.

IMHO, interrogators is exactly what the press are if they’re doing their job right, It’s not always appropriate, but sometimes necessary.

 

[FrogReaver]

IMHO, interrogators is exactly what the press are if they’re doing their job right, It’s not always appropriate, but sometimes necessary.

IMO it's never necessary and does more damage than good and to top it off their bias shines through when they only use such methods against 1 political party.