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Message:: [QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 4514973, member: 5233"]I wasn't comparing H1N1 to COVID-19 directly.  My point to Doug's comment was that "millions of cases of flu" are caused by a family of viruses...not just one virus and that those viruses have different levels of virulence.  That comparing that to a single virus isn't really a fair thing.  If you want to compare it the flu...then compare it to a single flu.  H1N1 came to mind as it was a fairly recent novel recombination of the virus that caused a pandemic a decade ago.  It's still here...there just is some herd immunity in the population now so there is a balance. As for your comment that there is "no scientific proof than having it once renders you immune" it is misleading at best.  No virus causes absolute immunity once you have it...and some are worse than others.  Influenza, cornaviruses, rhinoviruses, are all known to have fleeting immunity associated with them and it varies from person to person.  But there is SOME immunity to it...and if having it once renders you 50% less likely of getting it again in the short term it will substantially slow the spread of the virus once enough of the population has had it.  Yes, that immunity in the individual will likely lessen over time but since the virus will continue to circulate, enough people will have had it to create some herd resistance.[/QUOTE]