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Australia’s good news on long-term COVID immunity – The Australian Financial Review
Melbourne researchers adapted existing tools to measure whether memory cells remember COVID-19 infections and found they do and they mount an immune response.
This has been a black cloud hanging over the potential protection that could be provided by any COVID-19 vaccine and gives real hope that, once a vaccine or vaccines are developed, they will provide long-term protection.
Numerous previous studies have shown the first wave of antibodies produced in response to a COVID infection waned after the first few months, raising concerns people may lose immunity quickly.
Cell memory is the bedrock of immunity and is exactly what vaccines aim to create.
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