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To: sanjuanbob

Any time your body fights off a pathogen, antibody production ceases shortly after the infection has been killed and about 90% of the B-cells that were producing the antibodies die since they are no longer needed. The other 10% remain dormant as Memory B-cells, which are ready to be reactivated to produce the specific antibody required should that pathogen ever be encountered again.

So to answer your question about what happens after ~6 months? Your body continues doing what it does with every pathogen it’s ever encountered: remains ready to kill it. Should somebody cough a bunch of SARS-CoV-2 at you a year later, your body would respond by awakening those Memory B-cells and the SARS-CoV-2 viruses would immediately be obliterated by your natural immune response. It’s highly unlikely you’d ever experience any symptoms unless you were immunocompromised.


24 posted on 12/08/2020 1:41:31 PM PST by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

Could I already have memory B cells without taking the vaccine?


25 posted on 12/08/2020 1:44:56 PM PST by sanjuanbob
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