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Originally Posted by mynah
It makes sense – but to me, it only does so to a point. I rarely get colds, and have not had one in the past two years. Does that mean that, when Ad14 rocks along, I’ll get really, really ill, or worse? If not, what confers immunity to those unaffected by the initial outbreak, and if I have been exposed, what prevented me from succumbing to severe illness the first time my body encountered the virus?
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Some peoples immune systems are more likely to correctly detect an invader.
There is also the factor of exposure to something similar enough in the past (as your spanish flu comments relate) which may make you less suceptable to something related but not quite the same as the new variation/mutation.
