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- Immunity to the novel coronavirus virus has been the subject of several studies. It’s not important just for managing patients and public health measures, but also for the development of vaccines and vaccination guidelines.
- A brand new study shows that coronavirus immunity can last anywhere between five to seven months, with researchers speculating that it can even last up to two years.
- The scientists set out to develop an accurate antibody test, and the research also allowed them to measure COVID-19 immunity in nearly 6,000 survivors.
Observing the health measures authorities recommend to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus won’t just help you avoid a COVID-19 infection. Reducing the transmission rate also helps hospitals attend to patients without worrying about local healthcare systems becoming overloaded. Wearing masks, social distancing, and washing hands often also buy much needed time for researchers to finalize vaccine trials, create new treatment protocols, and deliver the kind of coronavirus data that takes time to collect.
Studying COVID-19 immunity is the kind of research that needs time. The first studies that appeared early in the pandemic indicated that monkeys who survived the illness would indeed develop immunity. But the early conclusions could not predict how long immunity would last or how mutations to the virus might affect immunity. Studies on humans that arrived much later indicated that coronavirus immunity might not last very long at all. Some scientists observed that the antibodies that neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus could disappear within a few months following recovery. Others countered that it’s not just antibodies that prove immunity — T cells that can remember and kill the pathogen are equally important.
Now, nearly 10 months after the virus first began sweeping across the world, we have a study that says COVID-19 immunity lasts much longer than we thought.
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