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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,986 posts) Sun Jul 26, 2020, 12:39 PM Jul 2020

Your Coronavirus Antibodies Are Disappearing. Should You Care?

Your blood carries the memory of every pathogen you’ve ever encountered. If you’ve been infected with the coronavirus, your body most likely remembers that, too.

Antibodies are the legacy of that encounter. Why, then, have so many people stricken by the virus discovered that they don’t seem to have antibodies?

Blame the tests.

Most commercial antibody tests offer crude yes-no answers. The tests are notorious for delivering false positives — results indicating that someone has antibodies when he or she does not.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/your-coronavirus-antibodies-are-disappearing-should-you-care/ar-BB17cyyc?li=BBnb7Kz

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Your Coronavirus Antibodies Are Disappearing. Should You Care? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP

Let's track the popularity of convalescent plasma.... FarPoint Jul 2020 #1

Antibodies are not the only defensive players on the team. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2020 #2

FarPoint

(12,382 posts)

1. Let's track the popularity of convalescent plasma....

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2020, 12:45 PM

Jul 2020

If this procurement process escalated, then a good sign antibodies are lasting for some predictable duration....If it has a donor cut-off span like 3 months or less post COVID-19 recovery...that can also be a clue.. short antibodies present..

Cracklin Charlie

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2. Antibodies are not the only defensive players on the team.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2020, 02:14 PM

Jul 2020

There are T-cells, B-cells (fascinating), and a whole array of defensive virus fighters.

I tell my daughter...if your body had to carry around all the antibodies you would need in your life, you would be the size of a dinosaur.

B-cells retain the memory to make antibodies as needed. That way we don’t have to weigh 350 tons. Thank you, evolution.

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