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There is the innate immune system, and the adaptive immune system. If I understand correctly pathogen specific antibodies are created by the adaptive immune sys

There is the innate immune system, and the adaptive immune system. If I understand correctly pathogen specific antibodies are created by the adaptive immune system, so maybe if the innate deals with the virus quickly the adaptive is not triggered. There was a good TWIV podcast talking about this.

BurningFrog 7y ago
That makes sense. I was not aware of the two separate immune systems. So maybe 30% of people have an "innate" system well geared toward defeating this particular virus. Or/and they had a small exposure.
nsxwolf 7y ago
If your innate immune system beats it, does that mean you're effectively already "immune" and are unlikely to develop serious COVID-19 disease when you catch the virus again, or was it just luck?
- LeoNatan25 7y ago
  Probably luck. Given a much more potent viral load, it is more than likely the same patient can be infected again.
  - nsxwolf 7y ago
    There just doesn't seem to be any good news anywhere.