Maybe you got covid.
what does your doc say?
Did the test says that 0.8 or above is positive?
I agree with the other poster that you got COVID.
A relative had an antibody test done two months ago and she had the J&J when it first came out. Her antibodies were quite low, so she got the booster.
She hasn’t had any symptoms of COVID; so she likely didn’t get infected.
Maybe the j&j shot that they said was worthless after 2 months leaving antibody levels too low for protection was a bunch of hooey. The RNA lobby is bound and determined to get their little rna goodies into everyone and politicized against j&j from day 1 as the rna jab sickened and killed many.
Good bet you had COVID. For most people I know who’ve had it the symptoms are very mild. Mild enough that you wouldn’t think about getting tested. You’d probably think you were fighting a bit of a cold.
Everything I’ve read says antibodies from J&J should be a very small fraction of your reading. Pretty good chance you had a very mild case of COVID at some point (either luck of the draw or thanks to the vaccine). The J&J vaccine creates antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 S (Spike) protein, while an actual infection creates antibodies to both the S and N (Nucleocapsid) proteins. If you really want to know, go get tested for SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid antibodies. If that test is positive, you had the ‘rona.
I’m kind of in the opposite boat; I received the same vaccine in May, and contracted COVID in August. However, I’m immune suppressed, and didn’t test positive for antibodies. It makes sense that I wouldn’t make them, considering my immune system is too weak to be propped up anyway.
Logically, you probably caught COVID and had such a mild case that you were asymptomatic or you had symtpoms so mild that you may have mistaken them for allergies or a cold.
I also had a nasty reaction to the vaccine. I’m pretty sure my immune system is severely off-kilter now.
Just a heads up, there has been talk of J&J doing this. It has a lower initial level of protection than some other vax varieties, but there have been some reports of it actually improving . . . up to a point. Then it will erode like all immunities, vax or natural.
And the bad news is Omicron seems to be able to penetrate immunities, vax or natural. The talk of mild symptoms has been almost all young people. South Africa has one of the youngest populations on Earth.
So don’t rely on your vax. You’re not bulletproof.
You shouldn't be posing questions like that, Citizen! Dr. Fauci is the embodiment of Science. You must trust the Science!
Your values probably mean that it's time for you to get in line for your next booster shot.
Yeah, that's the ticket!
Regards,
You caught COVID again or the tests are crap.
You cam have variations in your genetic code on how you deal with vaccines. I have several as it relates to specific vaccines.
First, some numbers to compare to your number of 685U/ml:
from a lab - see the chart at the link, you appear to rank #2 or #3 of 6 protective antibody levels. (#1 is wildly high) Also, to compare:
“From the data that Testing For All users...Typical result following natural infection ~ 0.8 – 250 U/mL based on analysis of 72 samples.”
https://www.testingforall.org/understanding-your-roche-anti-sars-cov-2-s-test-result/
“Based on the literature and on his own research, Landau said natural infection with wild-type virus generally confers a titer of 1:400. With Delta, that gets bumped down to 1:100 — which is still pretty good, he noted.
Immunity conferred by the mRNA vaccines, on the other hand, typically lands at a titer of 1:1,000 when looking at the original virus, he added.”titers for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, at this point, don’t appear to be as high as the mRNA products”
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/95156
Your JJ vaccine is doing exactly what it was said to do - strengthen over time and good to go for 8 months against original strains, and holding its own against Delta hospitalization and death.. It’s effective against beta, alpha and delta, but how do we know about other variants yet? At 75, it’s your risk assessment as to whether you need a JJ booster. Also bear in mind even antibody testing labs say, antibody testing is not definitive, and T-cell involvement (the killer cells that command the B cells) is integral to overall antibody effectiveness.
Research in the US and in Amsterdam:
“Current data for the eight months studied so far show that the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine generates a strong neutralizing antibody response that does not wane; rather, we observe an improvement over time,” Dr. Mathai Mammen, head of research and development at J&J’s Janssen vaccine arm, said in a statement.
The company said one dose of the vaccine elicits both a lasting antibody response and generates immune cells called T-cells that last eight months, also.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/01/health/johnson-vaccine-delta-variant/index.html
When they did that studies to analyze the safety and effectiveness of booster shots, they saw clear waning of effectiveness of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines after about 6 months - but J&J actually improved in effectiveness over that timeframe.
J&J got approved for a booster shot because two were shown to be more effective than one, not because of waning effectiveness.
I beleive that when you are out and about, the small amount of covid you run into is constantly providing your immune system with samples to build antibodies against. Masks prevent this continuous buildout...
I just read somewhere recently, if I saved it and can find it I’ll let you know- that J&J antibodies DO continue to increase over time
The person who should explain your lab results is your doctor.
Be happy: My post on my own antibody test got pulled not once, but 3 times.
Antibody tests are hugely inaccurate.
I give blood regularly and have been tested for them.
I’m 73, and refuse the Jab.
I’ve been exposed to Covid several times. Suspect I had a weak case early, but antibody test show nothing.
I am going to continue to live my life, not crouch in fear.