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News. 27^th October
Antibodies disappear after the virus infection.  What does this mean?  It means that people who have the virus will be able to catch it again.  This is what happens with the cold – you can catch it again and again.  There is a new study from London University which found that people who recovered from the virus had immunity immediately afterwards – the body creates antibodies which defend itself against the virus, but after a few months these antibodies begin to disappear and so the body gradually loses its immunity.  The reduction happens more in people over the age of 65 years
In Belgium, doctors who have the virus but no symptoms are being asked to keep coming to work .  If not, the health system will not be able to cope as a From December 2021 (that is a long time away?), mobile phone companies are not allowed to lock the phones they sell.  They have been doing this when they set up contracts which include the phone, because it makes it hard for customers to move their contract away.  It is quite hard to unlock the phone.  Phone companies say this is better for security – harder to steal the phone … but OfCom does not accept this and unlocked phones will need to be sold to people in future.The usual story.  It seems that people who are disabled are more likely to be out of work or furloughed.  The details are for people who have physical or learning disability but the story is the same.  The employers are not happy to take on new workers who have special needs and more people with special needs are sent home and are worried about losing their jobs.