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Re:Younger Americans benefit less from booster shots than ol... by nradov on Sunday February 06, 2022 @03:19AM (#30230480)
Which antigens are you referring to? If you mean antibody titers, that doesn't actually tell you much about your immunity level. In practice cellular immunity is more important, but it's not easy to assay.

https://peterattiamd.com/covid-part2/

Re:Younger Americans benefit less from booster shots than ol... by ornornor on Sunday February 06, 2022 @03:32AM (#30230526)
I was going to leave that up to my doctor because they know much more than I do. What I meant is that I’d want to check how much I need the next booster (or wait if I don’t) before actually getting it.
Re:Younger Americans benefit less from booster shots than ol... by nradov on Sunday February 06, 2022 @09:37AM (#30232861)
You're missing the point. You can take your doctor's advice, or not. But that advice will necessarily be generalized based on public health guidelines and not personalized based on any relevant quantitative tests. Your doctor doesn't have access to the assays necessary to accurately measure cellular immunity levels. Those are rather complex and typically only used in small research studies.

Antibody levels will always decline over time after infection or vaccination. A third booster might have some long-term benefits for certain patients but beyond that trying to keep those levels elevated with repeated boosters is pointless for most patients.