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Your theory, while attractive at face value, relies on one crucial assumption: that antibodies created to combat these less deadly variants are also effective a
by julianlam 6y ago
Your theory, while attractive at face value, relies on one crucial assumption: that antibodies created to combat these less deadly variants are also effective against more deadly variants.
We can't assume this for sure.
- hyperpallium2 6y agoTrue, that is an assumption, but it may often be true. Similarly, deadlier variants can evolve that are resistant to an engineered vaccine. One can argue the defining features of a particular virus, and whether an evolved version is a variant or a novel virus. An antibody may detect features that are defining or others.