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- The CDC has published a new coronavirus immunity study from South Korea that indicates asymptomatic patients and those with mild COVID-19 cases will develop a strong immune response that can be detectable via antibody tests up to 8 months after the infection.
- The study also indicates that more than half of the participants had neutralizing antibodies after 8 months.
- The researchers prove that some of the existing antibody tests can measure COVID-19 immune responses in the population accurately and help predict herd immunity.
More than a year after the first coronavirus cases were diagnosed in Wuhan, China, the world has already vaccinated more than 15 million people against COVID-19. The novel coronavirus vaccines can elicit an immune response better or similar to actual exposure to the virus. Research shows the immune response includes neutralizing antibodies and T cell responses that will allow the immune system to fight the virus in the future.
In essence, vaccines will deliver COVID-19 immunity that’s at least as good as the protection obtained after infection with SARS-CoV-2. But those vaccinated will never have to deal with COVID-19 symptoms, including the stress that goes along with the illness, or risk developing Long COVID after the infection.
How long will coronavirus immunity last? That’s a question scientists can’t fully answer, although we did see many studies recently that indicated the immune response is strong and can be long-lasting. In early November, a study said that T cells specific to the new pathogen could be detected for at least six months in patients who had asymptomatic or mild COVID-19. Also in November, a pre-print study that was published in full a month later showed that COVID-19 survivors had a strong immune response eight months after the infection, including B and T cell responses. A separate study from November revealed that the B and T cells which formed after infection have a slow decay rate, suggesting that COVID-19 immunity might last for years. Then, in mid-December, two separate studies showed that previous infection is likely to prevent patients from contracting the virus again.
A brand new study that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just published this week offers even more good news, indicating that asymptomatic patients and those who experienced a mild COVID-19 case would still show an immune response eight months later.
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