RE: I’ve had covid the best immunity any person could ask for.
The question is and has always been this — How long does this immunity after infection last?
If a person were vaccinated how long do we expect THAT immunity to last?
I had my first shot of Moderna vaccine yesterday. Swelling and pin at injection site was not bad and quite bearable. Today after 24 hours, 75% of pain is gone.
But I heard the 2nd shot a month later has more impact.
My husband and I had our first vaccine shot today at a local hospital While we were standing in line we began conversation with another couple who had COVID in November, one hospitalized and one stayed home, their doctor said they should have the vaccine. So they went in for their shots and were there a short time and left without the vaccine. They were told that they could not get the vaccine until ninety days after having had COVID. THe staff at the hospital also told them that when they came back for the vaccine to take an OTC Benadryl before. So it sounds to me that the period of immunity must be 90 days.
My immunity, and my husbands also, lasted almost exactly 10 months. We are just recovering from our second round of covid. Here’s hoping that gets us better immunity!!!
I had read somewhere that if you have it twice, the immunity is almost complete - but who knows - yet.
Clearly the experts don’t.
“How long does this immunity after infection last?”
It seems nobody knows. For the common cold, you DO get immune to the virus that caused the infection. But there are more than 200 viruses that cause the common cold and you will rarely face the same one twice. Most of the cold viruses are in four families:
• Rhinovirus
• Coronavirus
• RSV
• Parainfluenza
BUT, there are also a lot of viruses that haven’t been identified yet. It’s estimated that 20%-30% of colds in adults are caused by these “unknown” bugs.
I was tested for antibodies 90 days post illness, I plan on being restested at 180 days and 360 days.