04-13-2020, 07:24 AM
And returning to the significance of antibodies, here's a very thorough review of the state of knowledge about whether SARS-COV-2 antibodies confer immunity:
[tweet]https://twitter.com/mlipsitch/status/1249646012341329920?s=20[/tweet]
And although this is just a preliminary study, there's some scary evidence that having had SARS-COV-2 in your system will not necessarily produce the antibodies in significant quantities to ward off another bout of illness:
[tweet]https://twitter.com/DrDenaGrayson/status/1247851267604516865?s=20[/tweet]
[tweet]https://twitter.com/mlipsitch/status/1249646012341329920?s=20[/tweet]
And although this is just a preliminary study, there's some scary evidence that having had SARS-COV-2 in your system will not necessarily produce the antibodies in significant quantities to ward off another bout of illness:
[tweet]https://twitter.com/DrDenaGrayson/status/1247851267604516865?s=20[/tweet]
