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The common consensus among scientists now is that the vaccine works against most if not all variants as well.
by nickthemagicman 5y ago
The common consensus among scientists now is that the vaccine works against most if not all variants as well.
- afavour 5y agoThe vaccine, yes. But I'm not sure there's such consensus around homegrown antibodies.
- nickthemagicman 5y agoThe vaccine elicits homegrown anti-bodies. It's the same anti-bodies.
- epistasis 5y agoI don't doubt that at all but would love to see the evidence! I'm wondering how they show that, maybe DNA sequencing of T-cell receptor sequence? Or is it only through reactivity if specific proteins? Off to search about T-cell repertoire data...
- nickthemagicman 5y agoA good start is researching how vaccines work.
- epistasis 5y agoAha, I think you may have been in error in your post, then. Vaccines can be targeted to many different parts of a virus, usually different parts of the surface protein. Different vaccines for the same virus may result in entirely different antibodies. Even the same vaccine may result in different antibodies in different people. The process of antibody creation is random, and involves recombination of specific DNA chunks. And it's different in T cells and B cells. So to say that the vaccine and the disease generate the same antibodies has meaning, but it needs to be shown by evaluating the specific protein sequences (most likely by sequencing the DNA or RNA that creates the antibody).
- nickthemagicman 5y ago>> Vaccines can be targeted to many different parts of a virus, Same antibodies even if it is a subset. It's the reason that the vaccine works whether it's a full set or a subset it still has to create the same antibodies that attack the natural virus. That's also why antibodies targeting Ebola virus don't work on Corona because they're not the same Corona antibodies. You're splitting hairs with flowery language and it feels a little disingenuous.