Of course, vaccine-induced immunity is every bit as “natural” as immunity acquired after recovering from COVID-19, with the advantage that vaccine-induced immunity doesn’t require you to suffer through the disease and be at risk for the complications, long term disability, a...
For example, if someone gets natural immunity from a COVID-19 infection, the immunity may fade after 3 months. On the other hand, a child who getsmeaslesis unlikely to ever catch it again. Here’s a look at the different types of immunity, including the differences between natural andvacc...
NEW DELHI, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chief scientist at the World Health Organisation (WHO) Soumya Swaminathan Thursday warned against the idea of attaining herd immunity through natural infection to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, calling it "foolish" as there are huge costs to be paid. "Heard immu...
Infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus may provide some immunity for at least 5 months, interim results from a study has found. Thefirst reportfrom the Sarscov2 Immunity & REinfection EvaluatioN (SIREN) study suggested that antibodies from people who had recovered from COVID-19 gave at least 83...
Could a better natural immunity explain the lower incidence of Covid-19 in Africa north of the Limpopo and south of the Sahara? Food for thought! Meanwhile, public health officials changing their position on natural immunity, after so much hostility to the idea, would go along way ...
population has had natural COVID-19 infection, which is not surprising. We've been the epicenter of the pandemic. That would be a lot of people sitting aside and waiting for other people to have a turn. If we're getting to herd immunity by 70%, if 20% sit aside, then 50% need ...
Natural immunity against COVID-19 significantly reduces the risk of reinfection: findings from a cohort of sero-survey participantsdoi:10.1101/2021.07.19.21260302Bijaya K MishraDebdutta BhattacharyaJaya Singh KshatriSanghamitra PatiCold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press...
around the globe in late 2021 and early 2022, anecdotal evidence quickly mounted that it was causing less severe symptoms than Delta and other variants of concern. However, scientists weren't initially sure why that was, or how a weaker infection might impact long-term immunity against CO...
Are antibody tests a reliable way for someone to assess their immunity to COVID-19? There are a couple things that are flawed about that. First, antibody levels wane over time; that happens naturally. Second, these tests don't capture the full picture. Antibodies are just one part of the...
Medical Trial Control Group and Natural Immunity It seems that“the unvaccinated“are a clinical trial control group, but Big Pharma and the government don’t want a control group. That is the reason they are pushing so hard to have everyone take these shots. The people who are awake to th...