About that immunity thing

COVID-19

If there is such a thing as immunity to COVID-19 through antibodies (such as a vaccine might stimulate production of), it might be very—this is not a good thing—specific:

The patient, a 25-year-old Nevada man, was infected with two distinct variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, within a 48-day time frame.[1] . . . “We need more research to understand how long immunity may last for people exposed to SARS-CoV-2 and why some of these second infections, while rare, are presenting as more severe.”[2]

I’m hoping this T-cell thing[3] that I think protects me from so many varieties of creeping crud is for real.

France 24, “Doubts over immunity after man gets Covid second time, with more severe symptoms,” October 13, 2020, https://www.france24.com/en/20201013-doubts-over-immunity-after-man-gets-covid-second-time-with-more-severe-symptoms


  1. [1]France 24, “Doubts over immunity after man gets Covid second time, with more severe symptoms,” October 13, 2020, https://www.france24.com/en/20201013-doubts-over-immunity-after-man-gets-covid-second-time-with-more-severe-symptoms
  2. [2]Mark Pandori, quoted in France 24, “Doubts over immunity after man gets Covid second time, with more severe symptoms,” October 13, 2020, https://www.france24.com/en/20201013-doubts-over-immunity-after-man-gets-covid-second-time-with-more-severe-symptoms
  3. [3]Sanjay Gupta and Andrea Kane, “Do some people have protection against the coronavirus?” CNN, August 2, 2020, https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/02/health/gupta-coronavirus-t-cell-cross-reactivity-immunity-wellness/index.html

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