Chitchat Who do you believe: Sinkie expert or WHO expert? Give reasons for your choic

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Do you believe Professor Leo Yee Sin, one of the highest paid experts in Asia, when she says that an infection with Zika confers lifetime immunity or Dr Heymann, a modestly paid WHO expert on the same disease?

What are the reasons for your choice?

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Q Does getting infected once confer immunity?

A One infection should confer lifetime immunity against the disease, said Professor Leo Yee Sin, a senior infectious diseases consultant at the Communicable Disease Centre.

Sources: "Zika outbreak: Lifetime immunity after infection", The Straits Times, September 1, 2016

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapor...onfer-immunity
http://health.asiaone.com/health/hea...fter-infection

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Some experts believe that being infected with Zika once confers lifelong immunity, but that is only an assumption, says infectious diseases expert David Heymann.

Dr Heymann, who chairs the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Emergency Committe on Zika virus, said experts assume there will be protection "because that's the natural way the body responds".

"But we don't know," he told The Sunday Times, adding: "What you know (about Zika) is important, but what you don't know is even more important."

Another unknown is whether being infected with one Zika strain protects against other strains.

Source: "Protection key as much about virus is unknown", page A10, The Sunday Times, September 11, 2016


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