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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by bryanlarsen on Friday May 28, 2021 @10:41AM (#27315879)
You must have read a different article than I did. It just talked about the production of antibodies. They help fight off infection but don't necessarily make you immune. The article also specifically mentions vulnerability to variants.
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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by kcmastrpc on Friday May 28, 2021 @10:43AM (#27315921)
Isn't that how vaccines works?
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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by itake on Friday May 28, 2021 @10:47AM (#27315967)
My understanding is the antibodies created from the vaccine are not the same antibodies that maybe created from having one of the main strains of the virus and thus would not offer the same level of protection.
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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by jtdev on Friday May 28, 2021 @01:11PM (#27317986)
> “They help fight off infection…”

Yeah, that’s what the immune system does.

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Re:Had Covid? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime by bryanlarsen on Friday May 28, 2021 @02:59PM (#27319198)
Providing partial immunity, not necessarily full immunity.
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