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Hopefully I'm not taking this out of context, but here's a quick snip from the paper's conclusion: """ While immune memory is the source of long-term protectiv
by ranguna 6y ago
Hopefully I'm not taking this out of context, but here's a quick snip from the paper's conclusion:
"""
While immune memory is the source of long-term protective immunity, direct conclusions about protective immunity cannot be made on the basis of quantifying SARS-CoV-2 circulating antibodies, memory B cells, CD8+ T cells, and CD4+ T cells, because mechanisms of protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 are not defined in humans.
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(https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/01/06/science.abf4063 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/01/06/scie... also linked in the article)
Can someone clarify what protective immunity is ?
- phobosanomaly 6y agoOne or more of those immune cell types (B/T) in conjunction with SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies killing enough of the virus that you don't get noticeably sick.
- ranguna 6y agoSo from what I understood, the study is only about the antibodies themselves, not about people getting "actually" immunity and not getting sick m