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Immunity after Infection

   By ohtadmin | on October 29, 2020
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   What is running through the minds of many health experts worldwide, as
   recently discussed at the U.N. in Geneva, is whether it is an option to
   acquire collective immunity just by letting the virus run through a
   population.

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   have antibodies protecting them against the coronavirus.

   Health experts worldwide are not sure how long immunity does last and
   that the only real choice that nations (and tribal communities) face is
   to work to break transmission chains. That is until an effective
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   vaccine is found.

   One of the questions being asked is whether a natural immunity to the
   virus occurs (especially in a person who has had it) and how strong it
   may be compared to a good vaccine.
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   antibody levels in the population. What they found was that what is
   called antibody prevalence fell from June to September and what that
   signaled is that there may be decreasing population immunity and
   decisions were made to enforce new lockdowns as they face a second wave
   of infections.