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> There was no correlation between vaccine-induced neutralizing antibody levels and viral loads or the development of symptoms. Not what you would expect is it
by SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
> There was no correlation between vaccine-induced neutralizing antibody levels and viral loads or the development of symptoms.
Not what you would expect is it?
- grepfru_it 5y agoIt’s a novel virus and an even more novel vaccine. No one should have any expectations of outcome right now
- sterlind 5y agothat is surprising, I'm not sure what to make of it. maybe the "noisiness" of antibodies matters - the response they elicit in the immune system upon binding something, not simply how many of them are binding. I wish the immune system came with better documentation.
- dragonwriter 5y agoWhile I’m not an expert and I wouldn't be too surprised to find something different, I would expect exactly that but that neutralizing antibody levels would be inversely correlated with probability of getting a detectable infection at all. Once you limit the universe to detected cases, though, I don't think the absence of relationship reported here is surprising.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y agoSo would it in theory be surprising to find if viral loads are not lower in vaccinated people relative to unvaccinated?