Glad you're not bothered by me as it came across to me anyway that you were having a dig. Cool
I'm definitely no expert on this so appreciate you finding more info for me. Thanks!
The whole "not true showing my lack of understanding on the topic" thing ...
I think there are two parts to this. Clearly it has happened with Coronavirus - reinfection that is. Perhaps not in large quantities, but I never said it was, just that it can and does happen. For example in Wuhan they were apparently putting up signs outside clinics saying this. Two documented cases in Japan but most likely more. Report in China saying that “14% of Recovered Covid-19 Patients in Guangdong Tested Positive Again.” So I'm not sure "my lack of understanding" has anything to do with it. I simply stated facts so I'm not sure how I was wrong?
Those people who have had Coronavirus it seems are unlikely to have a severe reoccurance of the virus again. This is true. But as the doctor said in that article you shared (the whole article not just bits of it like you've posted) said, short-term you may be immune but not long-term. So does that mean it's "nearly impossible to be reinfected" once you've been infected as you claim? The article and other articles say no which is what I was saying.
As for mutation which you didn't elaborate on.
Was hoping you'd explain what you meant by "If what you are saying is correct about mutation being a problem then the human race would have been extinct long ago." I simply said that mutation occurs in the Coronavirus and again it's well documented that it does. Icelandic reasearched found 40 mutations only yesterday. It's widely accepted that there's over 100 different mutations already. And with these mutations it means the concept of 'herd immunity' is difficult as not all the population will be infected with the same strand of Coronavirus. Isn't that correct? I do though agree after reading more that the mutation is unlikely to have a massive inpact on the whole "can't get reinfected a 2nd time" concept, but it still will. But ..... what's the connection to the "human race (being) extinct long ago?"
You also said "the rate of infection (of the flu) has slowed and health systems can cope because we have built immunity" is this correct though? Obviously we haven't ALL built immunity as so many people still die from the flu every year, and even though we've developed vaccines for it. Are the health systems handling it when we've got record numbers of people dieing from the flu every year? I don't know. The question is why are being getting infected with the flu?
We've got immunisation but still so many people die from it. Is it because not enough people get immunised? Of course, the more people that get vaccinised the better, without doubt. But the effectiveness rate hovers somewhere around 50% I believe? The reality is that they in fact change the immunisation shots every year to adapt to the different strains of flu that come up and even then it's not guaranteed to be as effective. The flu is mutating all the time so we need to adapt to it.
Considering that Coronavirus mutates, don't you think we'd go down the same path? That the herd immunity is something that perhaps isn't guaranteed?
As I said though, I'm no expert on this in the slightest but you're comments about me showing a lack of understanding of things surely can't be right, can it? What you've shared actually more supports what I was saying than your views. The points you made also.
Anyway, appreciate the new info. Makes me even more worried about the future as we're all hanging on this 'vaccine' hope when in reality it still won't protect all of us ...