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A George Mason University law professor with naturally acquired immunity from COVID is fighting against his employer’s strict COVID vaccine mandate. Antonin Scalia Law School Professor Todd Zywicki, who recovered from a bout with COVID and has blood tests showing antibodies to the virus, said he will not agree to the university’s policy that employees get the vaccine or face numerous sanctions. “George Mason is forcing me to choose between serving my students on one hand and undergoing an unnecessary and potentially risky medical procedure on the other,” Zywicki said in a statement. “Multiple clinical studies have shown that natural...

As COVID-19 has swept across the globe, it seems that high transmission rates have partly been driven by a large number of people catching the virus, not experiencing symptoms and then unknowingly passing it on. (excerpt)We know that the production of protective antibodies following an infection forms the basis of immunity. But while it's clear that infection with the coronavirus results in antibody production, we aren't sure of the amounts of antibodies produced, how long they last, or whether they protect people from getting COVID-19 again. (excerpt) To run our screening program, we used a lateral flow "pregnancy-like" test strip...