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Re:Scientists discover a highly potent antibody against SARS... by not2b on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @09:58PM (#28847381)
The issue is that natural immunity is highly variable, while vaccine derived immunity is much less so. Some recovered patients have antibody levels 1000x lower than others.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/antibody-testing-sug...

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/prior-infection-vs-v...

Re:Scientists discover a highly potent antibody against SARS... by johnisgood on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @10:45PM (#28847656)
We will never know without an antibody testing. It can be under acceptable levels after having been vaccinated, too.

We have done such studies before with regarding to the hepatitis B vaccine. Most nursing students had no immunity against it after having received two doses of the vaccine.

I think antibody levels should be tied to the mandates. For what it is worth, I am against such mandates.

Re:Scientists discover a highly potent antibody against SARS... by nradov on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @10:45PM (#28847664)
There's more to immunity than antibodies.
Re:Scientists discover a highly potent antibody against SARS... by rc2634 on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @10:55PM (#28847727)
The body doesn’t keep antibodies around months after an infection but it knows how to create the antibodies if reinfection does happen. So of course a freshly vaccinated person will have more antibodies than a person who was infected months ago but that doesn’t mean the vaccine is more effective.