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My antibodies results below from a month ago. I had Covid in Nov.
I know there are a few reports that say if you have antibodies and get the vaccine you can have a more serious reaction. I prefer not to get it but if you need it for work or travel I guess we have to. I just wonder how you get around it if you have antibodies and how long they last.
SARS-CoV-2 Total Antibody
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>10.00 Index
Standard Range
<1.00 Index
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SARS-CoV-2 Total Antibody Interpretation
Your Value
Reactive
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Non-Reactive
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Results suggest recent or prior infection with SARS-CoV-2. Correlation with risk factors and other clinical and laboratory findings is recommended. Serologic results should not be used as the sole basis to diagnose or exclude recent SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Vaccines for some pathogens, like pneumococcal bacteria, induce better immunity than the natural infection does. Early evidence suggests that the Covid-19 vaccines may fall into this category. Volunteers who received the Moderna shot had more antibodies — one marker of immune response — in their blood than did people who had been sick with Covid-19. In other cases, however, a natural infection is more powerful than a vaccine. For example, having mumps — which can, in rare cases, cause fertility problems in men — generates lifelong immunity, but some people who have received one or two doses of the vaccine still get the disease.
To Mr. Paul’s point: Natural immunity from the coronavirus is fortunately quite strong. A vast majority of people infected produce at least some antibodies and immune cells that can fight off the infection. And the evidence so far suggests that this protection will persist for years, preventing serious illness, if not reinfection.
But there is a “massive dynamic range” in that immune response, with a 200-fold difference in antibody levels. In people who are only mildly ill, the immune protection that can prevent a second infection may wane within a few months. “Those people might benefit more from the vaccine than others would,” said Bill Hanage, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The diversity in the immune response from natural infection might be because of differences in the amount of virus to which the person was exposed. With a vaccine, everyone gets the same dose. “We know the dose that is being administered, and we know that that dose is effective at eliciting an immune response,” Dr. Gommerman said. “So that becomes a variable that’s taken off the table when you get the vaccine.”
My antibodies results below from a month ago. I had Covid in Nov.
I know there are a few reports that say if you have antibodies and get the vaccine you can have a more serious reaction. I prefer not to get it but if you need it for work or travel I guess we have to. I just wonder how you get around it if you have antibodies and how long they last.
SARS-CoV-2 Total Antibody
Your Value
>10.00 Index
Standard Range
<1.00 Index
Flag
H
SARS-CoV-2 Total Antibody Interpretation
Your Value
Reactive
Standard Range
Non-Reactive
Flag
A
Results suggest recent or prior infection with SARS-CoV-2. Correlation with risk factors and other clinical and laboratory findings is recommended. Serologic results should not be used as the sole basis to diagnose or exclude recent SARS-CoV-2 infection.
I had Covid in November. It kicked my butt, and I had breathing issues. Took me about 6 weeks to really get to feeling better. I got the first shot then in March, 2nd one a month later. First shot was my worse reaction -- I had a low grade fever and was worn out for a few days. 2nd one wasn't bad at all.
I had COVID in December, felt mildly sick for about 4 days. Had the first Pfizer shot last week with nothing than a sore spot at the injection point for about a day.
My Dad's doctors have stated that the first jab to a patient with antibodies may produce a reaction similar to a second jab.
My wife and I both recovered from mild COVID in January. It is not yet known how long immunity to COVID lasts in recovered patients, but I've read three months and counting.
Pfizer is currently claiming that boosters may be required in six to twelve months of vaccination.
Based on the above information and my parent's reaction to COVID vaccinations, my wife and I (and adult kids) have chosen not to vaccinate as our COVID reactions do not merit vaccinations.
Research, what there is of it, and experience with other vaccines suggests that the vaccine will elicit significantly more immunity than a natural infection would. With the new variants out there it is advised that people who have had covid be vaccinated to get this additional protection.
I tested positive for anitibodies in Feb ( had been mildly ill for about 3 days in December) I got my first shot in March, & felt fine after it.
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