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Meanwhile, Pfizer and Moderna just reported that their vaccines are more than 90 percent effective, beyond the wildest dreams of epidemiologists. And new data noted today by the Times indicates that immunity from COVID is probably very durable, making the task of beating the disease that much easier. A world in which we all need to be vaccinated, say, every three months to stave off the virus is a logistical nightmare. A world in which we may only need to be vaccinated every few years is much simpler.Put it all together and it’s as if the wretched year 2020 is trying to give birth to something better. A joyous day is coming, but agony comes first.QuoteEight months after infection, most people who have recovered still have enough immune cells to fend off the virus and prevent illness, the new data show. A slow rate of decline in the short term suggests, happily, that these cells may persist in the body for a very, very long time to come…“That amount of memory would likely prevent the vast majority of people from getting hospitalized disease, severe disease, for many years,†said Shane Crotty, a virologist at the La Jolla Institute of Immunology who co-led the new study…And the research squares with another recent finding: that survivors of SARS, caused by another coronavirus, still carry certain important immune cells 17 years after recovering…
Eight months after infection, most people who have recovered still have enough immune cells to fend off the virus and prevent illness, the new data show. A slow rate of decline in the short term suggests, happily, that these cells may persist in the body for a very, very long time to come…“That amount of memory would likely prevent the vast majority of people from getting hospitalized disease, severe disease, for many years,†said Shane Crotty, a virologist at the La Jolla Institute of Immunology who co-led the new study…And the research squares with another recent finding: that survivors of SARS, caused by another coronavirus, still carry certain important immune cells 17 years after recovering…
Gee, so our bodies treat it like every single other virus on the planet. Who could have ever guessed that was possible?
