Posted on 10/27/2020 7:28:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
London: Asymptomatic coronavirus sufferers appear to lose detectable antibodies sooner than people who have exhibited COVID-19 symptoms, according to one of the biggest studies of its kind in Britain published on Tuesday.
The findings by Imperial College London and market research firm Ipsos Mori also suggest the loss of antibodies was slower in 18-24 year-olds compared to those aged 75 and over.
Overall, samples from hundreds of thousands of people across England between mid-June and late September showed the prevalence of virus antibodies fell by more than a quarter.
The research, commissioned by the British government and published Tuesday by Imperial, indicates people's immune response to COVID-19 reduces over time following infection.
James Bethell, a junior health minister, called it "a critical piece of research, helping us to understand the nature of COVID-19 antibodies over time".
But scientists involved cautioned that a great deal remains unknown about people's long-term antibody response to the virus. "It remains unclear what level of immunity antibodies provide, or for how long this immunity lasts," said Paul Elliott, of Imperial's School of Public Health.
The study involved 365,000 randomly-selected adults administering at home three rounds of finger prick tests for coronavirus antibodies between June 20 and September 28.
The results showed the number of people with antibodies fell by 26.5 percent over the approximate three-month period.
Scaled up to a nationwide level, it meant the proportion of the English population with antibodies dropped from 6.0 percent to 4.4 percent, according to the study.
The decline coincided with the prevalence of the virus falling dramatically across England - and the rest of Britain - following a months-long national shutdown which was eased over the summer.
However, the research found the number of health care workers testing positive for antibodies did not change over time,
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I am so SICK TO DEATH of what our ENTIRE government has become the WHO,E damn thing has become a SWAMP........ FDA, CDC. supposed to be NON political are ALL SWAMP CREATURES!! Trump MUST divide DC across this country he HAS TO divide it the only way to conquer it!!! If these swamp creatures don’t want to transfer they can QUIT and we will at the same time SHRINK THE BEAST!! Trump has opened MANY eyes as to what the government has become I frankly completely STUNNED!! EVERY stinking branch is compromised OMG!!!
The existence of a single T-cell that will generate antibodies against C19 is enough.
It may not matter to YOU, but once you lose those antibodies you can be infected again and transmit it to other people. Which you might not notice if your body doesn’t exhibit the symptoms.
It’s also something that argues against us being able to easily achieve herd immunity against this thing. If half the herd’s immunity expires before the other half of the herd can get immunity, then you can never achieve it.
But T Cell resistance may remain
Aka “ invisible immunity” that may be protecting almost half the population from ever showing signs of infection
Many studies ongoing
Chinese or Russian vaccine?
thank YOU for the reply
Who cares? If you don’t die from it, just recover and move on.
It is for the scientifically illiterate. Thank you, publik skrewls.
Chinese
That's false. There are various studies. You should look.
“Ignorance is one thing; stupid is another.”
Yes, it is. And you’re proving it. It’s not about the antibodies except to manipulate public opinion.
The body doesn’t “maintain” antibodies: They are a response to infection. They do decline, but their decline does not translate to a vulnerability.
T-cells are result of an infection...the ‘memory’ cells...the ‘first responders’ of reinfection.
This ‘antibody’ talk is just mass manipulation of a public which understands nothing of immunology, to state nothing of virology and the impossibility of trapping a virus with a loose-fitting paper or cloth facial covering.
“The best news is that there are very few documented cases of people who were infected a second time”
3 in the world, one in the U.S.
ONE, and the language that they use is “anecdotal” & “seemingly” when referring to reinfection...the possibility that it wasn’t “reinfection” at all clearly stated, but masked by cloudy language.
“The best news is that there are very few documented cases of people who were infected a second time”
EXACTLY!
Scientists know exponentially more about rockets than they do about cellular biology when considering the sheer magnitude of unknowns on the latter.
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