RE: Sage18 Sep 2020 22:06
Simply put, its a scientific paper, and its SAGE, the government advisors...
For them to have immunity and antibody in the same sentence its MASSIVE. Antibody must play a central part in the testing process.
The BIGGEST problem is i bet no government advisor knows how to narrate this to the public in a catchy slogan. Every single slogan Bojo has come out with apart from the first one has been ridiculed. 90% of people dont understand anything the government is saying, we only get it because we live this stuff on LSE everyday. So imagine trying to explain to Joe Public that they have antibodies, and they may disappear depending on when you got Covid, or that if you have antibodies and you get reinfected chances are itll be mild. There are too many variables here to explain.
At first i wont lie, i was ****ting it thinking here we go again. But actually as my opening line in this post suggests, for a scientific body to use immunity and antibody in the same sentence is good news. Also the main paper must be massive, this is a news sites condensed version in their own interpretation. HOWEVER BOTH has picked up on immunity and antibody.