Health
How long does the Covid vaccine last? How long antibodies provide protection, and why you may need more vaccinations – Edinburgh News
Vaccines are likely to provide a good deal of protection against reinfection – but could you still pass on Covid-19 to others?
Designed to allow a person to develop the ability to fight an illness without them having to contract it first, vaccines are injected into the body where they enter cells and tell them to create antibodies.
These proteins can then be replicated by the immune system should a virus like Covid-19 enter a persons system in the future, and can fight off future infections.
There are currently three vaccines against coronavirus approved for use in the UK, but just how effective are they, and how long might…
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