Immunity to Coronavirus
Could Last for Years, , New Studies Find.
Two new studies have found that immunity to
coronavirus likely lasts for at least a year, .
and has the potential to last much longer,
depending on whether or not a person recovered
from the virus and also received the vaccine.
People who were infected and get vaccinated really have a terrific response,
a terrific set of antibodies, because they continue to evolve their antibodies, Michel Nussenzweig, Rockefeller University
Immunologist, via 'The New York Times'.
One of the studies was published in
the journal 'Nature,' while the other was
posted to the biology research site BioRxiv.
The papers are consistent with the growing body of literature that suggests that immunity elicited by infection and vaccination for SARS-CoV-2 appears to
be long-lived, Scott Hensley, University of Pennsylvania
Immunologist, via 'The New York Times'.
The studies concluded that those
who received the vaccine but did not contract
the virus will likely need subsequent booster shots.
These studies present the first concrete findings
that immunity to the coronavirus is long-lasting