Re:Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most pla...
by jandrewrogers on Friday May 14, 2021 @01:47AM
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This is misleading, it conflates the presence of antibodies with immunity. There is no reason to believe immunity is not durable; a strong immune response to related coronaviruses (e.g. SARS-CoV-1) lasts decades. Antibodies are only generated in response to infections, and disappear after the infection has passed at varying rates based on a number of factors.
People have no antibodies circulating for most things they are immune to. It is expensive to produce antibodies unnecessarily.
People have no antibodies circulating for most things they are immune to. It is expensive to produce antibodies unnecessarily.