Rigby5
Diamond Member
You can't get it again. It is a myth. I've had my antibodies for 15 months. I got it last March.I've been trying to get covid for over a year, but I can't seem to get it. I'd like to get it over with, but my immune system seems to keep blocking it. Does anybody know of a reliable way to get it? I've flown cross country and back, I never wear masks unless I get intercepted by an enforcer, and my mask is made of huge mesh fabric that you can see right through. Any helpful ideas?
That is not what I have read?
I read that you can get it again and again, but that you are immune so that you won't notice it.
The symptoms won't appear.
What I read is that the antibodies only last 3 to 6 months, and it is the T-cell and B-cells that make antibodies when needed, that last longer?
{...
But if T cells have not managed to fight out the virus, then the activity of B cells kick-in. Their primary job is also to fight the infection and these also end up developing a strong memory. Explaining the working of B cells, Dr PS Narang said,
Once these cells start working, the body starts producing antibodies, the first is IGM antibodies, which develop in seven days and these last up to six weeks or so. These are basically the antibodies that fight out the virus during the time of infection. The next set of antibodies are IGG, which are the antibodies that are the protective ones. These are called neutralising antibodies and are the most important of the lot. These start forming in two to three weeks time and stay within the body for six months.
...}
COVID-19 explainer: How are antibodies formed and how long do they last?
How are antibodies formed and how long do they last?
www.daily-sun.com
So what I would guess is that if you still have antibodies, then you may have been re-infected?
A person with immunity would not notice re-infection.