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| Topic | Can someone explain why you need the COVID-19 vaccine if you have already had it |
| adjl 12/18/20 2:24:16 PM #10: | Arcturusisnow posted... Except you are ever so slightly wrong. My county health department told me that, yes the antibodies last only a few months, but the B-Cells that are also created are what do the most work and they last quite a bit longer if not forever. The B-Cells create new antibodies when the disease rears it's ugly head again. That is the hope. The B-cells are lasting substantially longer than the antibodies, so people are hoping that will lead to longer-term immunity, though we have already seen recovered patients being infected a second time. Part of the longitudinal follow-up for vaccine trial participants will include administering a sample of viral proteins to see if they can mount an antibody response to it even after their serum antibodies have faded. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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