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Yep. Getting boosted (getting a booster) confers secondary immune response. The initial jabs only confer primary immune response. See this for more info: https
by disabled 5y ago
Yep. Getting boosted (getting a booster) confers secondary immune response. The initial jabs only confer primary immune response.
See this for more info: https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Microbiology/Book%3A_Microbiology_(Boundless)/11%3A_Immunology/11.07%3A_Antibodies/11.7F%3A_Primary_and_Secondary_Antibody_Responses https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Microbiology/Book%3A_...
- giardini 5y agoI find the use of "primary" and "secondary immune response" to be misleading. FWIW "As Hopkins Medicines suggests, the third dose of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines- Pfizer and Moderna- is *identical* to its first two doses. "[emphasis mine] From https://www.republicworld.com/technology-news/science/is-pfizer-covid-19-booster-shot-same-as-the-original-vaccine-read-to-know-more.html https://www.republicworld.com/technology-news/science/is-pfi...
- tinus_hn 5y agoSo what kind of response are we going to get from the next booster shots that have already been announced? The tertiary immune response?
- disabled 5y agoWe don't know if an omicron specific booster will actually work due to something called "Original Antigenic Sin". For more information, consult this: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0896841117302226 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S08968... If you are eligible for a booster, then you should get one ASAP. The original coronavirus vaccine antibodies present in your body will cross-react, to a certain degree, with omicron.