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Source: UK study shows COVID-19 antibodies fade quickly, rendering vaccines pointless \u2013 NaturalNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Sunday, July 19, 2020 by:\u00a0Isabelle Z.<\/a><\/p>\n (Natural News<\/a>) COVID-19 has proven time and time again that it\u2019s unlike any other illness society has faced, and a new study shows that preventing the disease is going to be incredibly challenging, as infections\u00a0do not give people long-term immunity<\/a>\u00a0to the disease as many had hoped.<\/p>\n This is according to a study that was recently carried out by London\u2019s Guy\u2019s\u00a0and St. Thomas\u2019 National Health Service Foundation Trust<\/em><\/a>. The researchers studied the immune response in patients with the disease and found that the antibodies they developed decreased within a few weeks\u00a0after the onset of symptoms. This means that people could well become reinfected after recovering from the illness.<\/p>\n According to the study, 23 days after the symptoms first appeared in patients, 60\u00a0percent experienced a potent antibody response; 65 days later, just 16.7\u00a0percent had this response. Antibodies are the proteins your body makes to fight off an infection. If there is any silver lining here, it\u2019s the fact that those who had a more severe infection enjoyed an antibody response that was stronger and lasted longer.<\/p>\n The study looked at 59 patients who had tested positive for the disease, the majority of whom were men. Researchers collected sequential serum samples from the patients from one day to 94 days after their symptoms first appeared. They also looked at 31 healthcare workers who volunteered to undergo regular antibody tests.<\/p>\n The researchers noted that the antibody response to COVID-19 that they found was similar to that seen in other types of human coronaviruses, such seasonal coronaviruses linked to the common cold and SARS. In these viruses, a person\u2019s antibody response tends to fade for a period of time that can be as little as 12 weeks or as long as 34 months after infection.<\/p>\n This study isn\u2019t just bad news for those who have suffered from the disease and are hoping to avoid a repeat; it also indicates that coming up with a vaccine could be complicated, if not impossible. Even those with severe infections who enjoyed longer antibody responses still saw those effects fading within just a few months. That could mean, at the very least, that if a vaccine is developed, it will need to be administered frequently.<\/p>\n Dr. Mala Maini, a virus expert from\u00a0University College London<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0told\u00a0CNN<\/em>\u00a0that the study \u201csuggests\u00a0vaccines will need to be better<\/a>\u00a0at inducing high levels of longer-lasting antibodies than the natural infection or that doses may need to be repeated to maintain immunity.\u201d<\/p>\n The U.K. study is just the latest evidence that getting infected with COVID-19 doesn\u2019t mean people can let their guard down. A study from Spain found that just\u00a0five percent\u00a0of the population there had coronavirus antibodies despite experiencing a significant outbreak this spring. Moreover, their immunity to the disease faded after just a few weeks. This means that 95 percent of the country\u2019s population is still susceptible to the virus.<\/p>\n The study, which took place from April to June, encompassed more than 61,000 participants, making it the largest study of its kind to date in Europe.<\/p>\n The study also concluded that the antibodies in Spain\u2019s population were\u00a0not sufficient to provide herd immunity<\/a>, which occurs when a population is allowed a certain amount of exposure to the virus to build up immunity among the general population.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a study out of China that compared the antibody responses of 37 symptomatic patients with 37 asymptomatic people found that those who did not have symptoms experienced a\u00a0weaker antibody response<\/a>\u00a0than those who did have symptoms.<\/p>\n Many people have already expressed concerns about the potential side effects of a rushed COVID-19 vaccine, but that may be a moot point if the\u00a0vaccine is incapable of providing people with immunity<\/a>\u00a0to the disease in the first place.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: UK study shows COVID-19 antibodies fade quickly, rendering vaccines pointless \u2013 NaturalNews.com Sunday, July 19, 2020 by:\u00a0Isabelle Z. (Natural News) COVID-19 has proven time and time again that it\u2019s unlike any other illness society has faced, and a new study shows that preventing the disease is going to be incredibly challenging, as infections\u00a0do not … Continue reading UK study shows COVID-19 antibodies fade quickly, rendering vaccines pointless \u2013 NaturalNews.com<\/span> Other studies show similar antibody issues<\/h2>\n