Re:Two Years Is Long Enough
by acdha on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:50AM
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Are you vaccinated?
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Re:Two Years Is Long Enough
by fasteddie31003 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @10:04AM
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Yes with J&J
I think that's probably the key part: the vaccination discussion has generally conflated two parts — neutralizing antibodies are what help you avoid getting sick at all but those wane over time, whereas the T cell response which helps you quickly fight off an infection lasts far longer. That has been very poorly communicated because a lot of the public health people have been focused on containing spread and T cells do not keep you from being contagious but that's really what we should be communicating: get vaccinated and this becomes a lot more similar to influenza.
Well, T cells help a bit because they generally lessen the time for which you are contagious.