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Study finds most who recover from Covid-19 make antibodies

33 points| rkolberg | 5 years ago |directorsblog.nih.gov | reply

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[+] snissn|5 years ago|reply
how could the opposite be true? How could it be possible to recover from covid-19 without making antibodies?
[+] nradov|5 years ago|reply
The immune system has multiple effects channels, only some of which involve antibodies. It takes a while to produce antibodies in detectible quantities and sometimes viral infections are cleared before that happens.
[+] abstractbarista|5 years ago|reply
Yea, this doesn't make sense to me. Making antibodies is literally one of the key functions by which the body clears infections.

How can you eradicate that which you cannot detect?

Negative antibody results from this must mean that either the test was a false negative, or the person tested has a dysfunctional immune system which produced little to no antibodies. (How did they survive the infection?!)

[+] pyramid07|5 years ago|reply
Evidence predominantly points towards temporary immunity after recovering from COVID-19. Thankfully!