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I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that
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MOVING TO FRONT FROM THIS MORNING–I OMITTED THE ARTICLE LINK, MY APOLOGIES!
This does seem like a rather important question! Links to other literature on this topic welcome.
By "never get Covid" do you mean "never get disease symptoms despite infection" or "never get infected?" If the latter, given the number of asymptomatic cases and the lack of randomized testing, the number of never-been-infected might be lower than we think, and the those who belong to this select group may have no special immunity other than sheer luck.
BL: The article indicates they are screening for prior infection, and not relying on self-reports.
@BL Sorry, I wasn't clear, I was referring to the "never get Covid" in the title of the post, not the NYT article posted by Gregory Pence.
The distinction I'm trying to draw is between surface symptoms and underlying viral infection. Should the title to be read as, "Why do some people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus never get Covid symptoms, despite significant exposure?" Or "Why do some people never get infected with SARS-CoV-2, despite significant exposure?"
BL: Thanks, the article I linked to is about the latter, not the former. I agree it's not clear from the blog post title, but it is clear from the article I believe.
Brian, *did* you link to an article? I don't see one, though perhaps I've missed it.
BL: My apologies (also to Adam), I stupidly forgot to insert the link this morning, I have now done so.
NPR ran a story on “super dodgers” earlier this week. The link to that story is below.
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