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Covid antibodies seem to fade quickly (similar to other cold family viruses). Some people only keep them for a few months after infection. - https://blogs.scie
by _wldu 6y ago
Covid antibodies seem to fade quickly (similar to other cold family viruses). Some people only keep them for a few months after infection.
- https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/07/15/new-data-on-t-cells-and-the-coronavirus https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/07/15/ne...
- https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-19-antibodies-fade-months-study/story?id=71406787 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-19-antibodies-fade-month...
Also, anecdotally, a friend donated blood at the Red Cross and found he had covid antibodies. He had not been sick and has had no symptoms.
- nedoka 6y ago99% of the deaths are of people over the age of 50. Bigger chance to die in a car crash if you're under 50, so I don't think the human immune system takes the virus serious.