Good New: Mild Covid-19 Induces Lasting Antibody Protection

[JonDouglas]

The title of this thread/post is that of an article in the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. It says:

Months after recovering from mild cases of COVID-19, people still have immune cells in their body pumping out antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Such cells could persist for a lifetime, churning out antibodies all the while.​

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More at the source. The article begs the question as to what provides longer-lasting protection, getting a mild case or getting vaccinated and is there any relation between the two events (i.e., as in non-mutually exclusive.).

 

[Aunt Marg]

What a breath of fresh air this article is!

 

[ProTruckDriver]

Thank you @JonDouglas for the post. Very interesting article.

 

[Murrmurr]

I wonder if the natural covid-19 antibodies will also provide some protection against new strains of C-19. Maybe not strong or fast enough to prevent an infection, but maybe they'll prevent a serious infection.

 

[Sunny]

I wonder if that isn't true of all viruses? I know, if you get a cold, you can get another cold the following week, but is it the same cold virus? Maybe we are immune from all viral infections, if we manage to survive the first time that virus has infected us.