This article confuses two things. Antibody tests will reliably tell of you have had COVID, but they won’t tell you if you are immune.
The core issue is we still don’t know how long lasting Covid immunity is. The data shows that for many people it creates a weak antibody response that is likely to fade over time.
We have seen very few reinfections, but as time increases since the first people got Covid we may start seeing more.
That’s funny.
People who got the old SARS (2003 or 2007 or whenever) are still immune to it.
What is special about this newer variant?
Oh, Chicom bioweapon.
You don’t need an antibody response to be immune.
One is functionally immune if one has a high enough blood level of vitamin D. The Tcell response and innate response, if strong enough, will repel most viral illnesses and so antibodies may not come into the picture.
“We have seen very few reinfections, but as time increases since the first people got Covid we may start seeing more.”
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With extremely few exceptions, every exposure to the virus for the already immune (through either vaccination or natural infection) will merely make that existing immunity stronger.
The FDA is filled with politically motivated Agendanistas,
We have seen very few reinfections, but as time increases since the first people got Covid we may start seeing more.
Yes, we have seen very few "reinfections". And those are probably false positive tests. And of course that contradicts your first statement. The data doesn't show "weak antibody response that is likely to fade over time". The data shows so far that antibody AND T-cell protection are so far so good.
“The core issue is we still don’t know how long lasting Covid immunity is.”
We also do not know how long-lasting or truly effective the vaccinations are. We do know that the antibodies produced after Covid infection often are not detected after a few months, but those infected will show t-cell immunity. One will have to take a special blood test at this time to detect the t-cells, but it is worth the money to show this kind of immunity. It is known that those infected with the first SARS 2003 virus showed continued t-cell presence 17 years later. This will likely occur with this new similar SARS virus-COVID19.