Post-COVID - How safe are you after COVID?
After infection, your body produces natural immunity against the causative pathogen, be it a bacterium or virus.
Post-COVID - How safe are you after COVID?
After infection, your body produces natural immunity against the causative pathogen, be it a bacterium or virus. This persists as memory B cells, a type of white blood cell that can be quickly activated to produce antibodies against the pathogen should it infect you again and prevents subsequent infections from causing as much damage and illness. This is something we have covered before and is the underlying mechanism for vaccines and herd immunity.
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