Keith says, "One year after having COVID, I have yet to consume even one or two beers or wine for fear of messing up the antibodies. I have heard alcohol drinks can lower one's immunity though. True?" Light drinking should not have a significant impact on your immunity but more import...
With most people in China having been infected with COVID-19, herd immunity has been reached and the transmission ability of the epidemic gradually weakens, said Fang Bangjiang, a doctor from Longhua Hospital Affiliated with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, on Friday. Data relea...
She added that the number may go up to 70 percent in the next round as more people would have gotten vaccinated by that time. "Having presence of antibodies will not affect the ongoing vaccination drive in any case. Those who have developed antibodies can go ahead and take ...
While some lucky people claim to have never had COVID, many are facing our second, third or even fourth infection, often despite having been vaccinated. You might be wondering, how long does immunity last after a previous infection or vaccination? Let's take a look at what the evidence sho...
After all these years boasting about being COVID free, much to my disgust it finally struck me this week! Luckily for me my wonderful neighbour follows your recipes and she made me a big pot of your Green Goddess Soup – it is absolutely perfect when you are feeling groggy and unwell –...
Although infection with WA1 and Delta readily induced pro-inflammatory markers of severe COVID, such as CXCL10 and CCL2 (ref. 26), induction by Omicron was significantly reduced early after infection (Extended Data Fig. 3a). Induction of IL-1α was not significantly different between the ...
Studies have shown that anti-SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibodies play an important role in protection against COVID-19 [2]. However, the potency of these antibodies tends to decline over time due to frequent mutations in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 [3]. This has led to the emergence ...
The rapid waning of SARS-CoV-2-specific serum antibodies observed after immunization with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines may be accounted for by the absence of long-lived plasma cells in the bone marrow specific for the virus. Doan C. Nguyen
The study found that the people who had a milder form and were more protected from having serious illness also had more lactobacillus in their gut. “We’re still just figuring out this disease, but interestingly, even with COVID-19, we’re beginning to find some important connections ...
Del Bigtree’s horrendous victim shaming when he urged his viewers to “catch this cold” to contribute to “natural herd immunity” against COVID-19, while blaming people with chronic diseases influenced by lifestyle (such as obesity and type II diabetes) for having brought it...