So, I have questions. Is there an epidemiologist or other communicable disease specialist out there with answers?
1. If people who had #COVID19 and have recovered are getting sick again, as we are now hearing about, does that mean the antibodies in their blood don't last? Or 1/4
1. If people who had #COVID19 and have recovered are getting sick again, as we are now hearing about, does that mean the antibodies in their blood don't last? Or 1/4
Does it mean the virus went dormant and remained in their bodies, so effectively they were never "cured" in the first place? Or does it mean the virus mutated so the original antibodies were not effective?
2. If a person can get reinfected, how effective would a vaccine be? 2/4
2. If a person can get reinfected, how effective would a vaccine be? 2/4
As I understand it, a vaccine "tricks" your body into producing antibodies so they are already there if you are exposed to the virus and ready to fight it off. But if the antibodies to this virus do not remain effective, or have not been effective in eliminating the virus... 3/4
From the host, or the virus is mutating rapidly enough that people who have recently recovered are getting sick with it again, how would a vaccine work? Maybe these seem like silly questions, but we all have a lot of time on our hands to think about things these days. 4/4
