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Covid antibody tests CANNOT prove you are immune to the virus from prior infection OR vaccination, FDA warns
Daily Mail ^ | May 19, 2021 | Mansur Shaheen

Posted on 05/21/2021 8:28:14 AM PDT by Auntie Mame

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To: Auntie Mame

SMH


41 posted on 05/21/2021 9:32:44 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. I will never be a peaceful slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: Auntie Mame

Nearly all available antibody tests trigger off antibodies to the nucleocapsid protein (N protein), and not the spike protein (S protein).

Important to note here that there are two reasons the vaccines target the S protein instead of the N protein. First, the S protein is absolutely crucial to the virus gaining access to human cells. If that protein changes too much, it no longer works and the virus can’t infect humans anymore. Second, previous studies from SARS-CoV-1 (SARS2003) showed that the body sometimes produces imperfect antibodies for the N protein. Those sub-optimal antibodies can lead to a condition known as antibody dependent enhancement (or ADE) wherein the antibodies actually help the pathogen instead of disabling it.

Also, the mere presence of antibodies does NOT and has NEVER meant that one is absolutely immune to a disease. Level of exposure and immune system functioning are just two of many other factors determining whether you get sick. For example, you may have antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, but if you’re put on chemotherapy, your white blood cell count is dropping to the point that the virus will happily enter your body and replicate with little resistance. You have the antibodies, but your immune system is incapable of doing much against the virus in its weakened state.

No vaccine is 100% effective. The smallpox vaccine is 95% effective. The one for pertussis (Whooping Cough) is 80% effective. With either of those, if you’re locked in a crowded elevator with a bunch of infected people for a couple hours, your vaccination or previous disease recovery may not be enough because you’ve been exposed to massive amounts of the pathogen. Antibodies are tools used by the body to combat infection; not magic wands that make infections vanish from existence.


42 posted on 05/21/2021 9:36:17 AM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: monkeyshine

Would love to see it ms.


43 posted on 05/21/2021 9:37:57 AM PDT by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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To: Valpal1

Bkmk


44 posted on 05/21/2021 9:38:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Madam Theophilus

Bkmk


45 posted on 05/21/2021 9:39:11 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Auntie Mame
Testing positive for COVID-19 antibodies is not sufficient replacement for receiving the vaccine, according to a briefing released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday.

This is illogical as the vaccine is supposed to provoke the body's immune response. So what is the difference?

46 posted on 05/21/2021 9:43:24 AM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: Auntie Mame

Yep, because they are following the SCIENCE here people!
(sarc) The God-given immunity system you have isn’t good enough, they just need to make it a little better with this injection. They CARE about you!
It’s so safe that we must force you to take it.


47 posted on 05/21/2021 9:46:30 AM PDT by Libertygirlnow
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This is nothing but pure propaganda. Arizona State studied immunity, watch the results for yourself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAV-hVSsUr0

EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT THEY TESTED WAS IMMUNE.


48 posted on 05/21/2021 9:47:01 AM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAV-hVSsUr0


49 posted on 05/21/2021 9:47:39 AM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: a fool in paradise
And yet they are wanting blood from Covid survivors and not people who had the vax.

I have not seen or received any requests for my blood. Who is asking?

50 posted on 05/21/2021 9:51:02 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Flick Lives

Think of the virus as having two distinct proteins. The spike protein is what lodges to your cells. Then, the virus has a “replicating core” protein. Your cells make duplicate viruses using this “replicating core” as the instructions.

The vaccines cause the body to produce spike protein, and the immune system to respond to spike protein. The vaccine does not train the body to react to the replicating core.

COVID antibodies are evidence of exposure to the core replicating part. The vaccine does not produce this evidence.


51 posted on 05/21/2021 9:52:31 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Auntie Mame

Ignoring science but calling it “science”.


52 posted on 05/21/2021 9:53:00 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: Auntie Mame

I trust Dr Peter McCullough, not the FDA.


53 posted on 05/21/2021 9:59:21 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: TexasGurl24

Overly simplified media for the masses. Explaining the nuance of the human immune system to people who suffered through public school education isn’t going to go well. You have to reduce it to very simple terms like:

Virus bad!
Antibodies good!

Fact is, you can have a person who recovered from COVID-19 or who was vaccinated, but if you blast their immune system with chemo or you give them a high enough exposure, they’re likely still going to come down with it. Before the variants like the Brazil and South Africa ones even arrived, there were still some rare cases of reinfection months after recovery. They were about 1 in 10,000 as I recall. There are reasons behind each and every one of those.


54 posted on 05/21/2021 10:10:35 AM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

Did you even watch the video? Every single person that they tested who was confirmed to have had COVID had the immune response. The immunity lasted as long as they could test.

Those who recovered from SARS-1 still have immunity 17 frickin years later.

Why would anyone push the vaccine to people who have natural immunity to the disease?


55 posted on 05/21/2021 10:13:41 AM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: Auntie Mame

Newest statement from Flawci?


57 posted on 05/21/2021 10:15:48 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: JimRed

There have been radio ads for plasma from people with antibodies after having had covid.


58 posted on 05/21/2021 10:19:12 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: JimRed

Also this

THE RED CROSS DOESN’T WANT BLOOD FROM THE VACCINATED (specifies blood donations for ‘convalescent plasma’ donations to help those hospitalized with Covid-19)
bitchute.com ^ | May 19, 2021. | TruthVideos1984
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3960762/posts

Quote from the video; “The Red Cross says anyone who has received their vaccine cannot donate convalescent plasma to help other Covid-19 patients in hospitals. That plasma is made up of antibodies from people who have recovered from the virus, but the vaccine wipes out those antibodies, making the convalescent plasma ineffective in treating other Covid-19 patients.”


59 posted on 05/21/2021 10:20:31 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: doc maverick
Conclusion: they are trying to kill off as many people as they can with covid vaccines.

Really? Why do you believe that?

60 posted on 05/21/2021 10:24:05 AM PDT by rexthecat (nks!)
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